Some folks like astronomy and study galaxies in the local group.

Some like quantum gravity, pulling super strings from the cosmic soup.

But I'm pointing my laser, at an earthly crystalline.

I'm in a Solid State of Mind.



I've heard all the theories on the Higgs Boson and Supersymmetry.

Been around the cyclotrons and down the beam lines of high energy.

But I can build what I'm needing - I don't need to wait for time.

I'm in a Solid State of Mind.



I really dig crystallography and the

symmetries of lattices and point groups.

Is it orthohombic, hexagonal or face centered cube?

X-ray diffraction is a great way to spend some time.

I'm in a Solid State of Mind.



It is so easy to get work today.

If Solid State is the physics you do.

Hard drives, cell phones, computers, hearing aides.

The Solid State, pays.



Semiconductors have changed the way that we live today.

Junction Transistors gave birth to our computer age.

Electronic switching - getting faster all the time.

I'm in a Solid State of Mind.



It is so easy to get work today.

If Solid State is the physics you do.

MOSFETS, IC's, LEDs and wafer substrates

The Solid State, is here to stay.



Superconductivity at Hi Tc (critical temperature) is super cool

Superfluidity of He3 is super smooth

So many super mysteries

We'll solve them one phase at a time.

I'm in a Solid State of Mind.



I'm building a quantum dot laser out of Indium Arsenide.

I'm in a solid, or amorphous, State of Mind.