| TFYY47 | Semiconductor Physics, 6 ECTS credits. /Halvledarfysik/ |
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Prel. scheduled
hours: 36 |
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Area of Education: Science Subject area: Physics |
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| Advancement level
(A-D): D
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| Aim: The development within electronics is currently very rapid and new devices are continuously introduced. The prerequisite for this rapid development is the improvement of the semiconductor material. This course if of fundamental character and basic physical properties of the semiconductor material are presented. Both the properties of three-dimensional (3D) bulk material and more recent developments within low-dimensional semiconductor structures, such as heterostructures, superlattices and quantum wells, are covered in this course. Also various modern techniques for growing and doping of semiconductor materials are presented. Furthermore, different ways to electrically and optically charaterize semiconductors will be demonstrated at the three laborations, which are included in this course. |
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| Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered) Physics of Condenced Matter, Quantum Mechanics. Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshhold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding. |
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| Supplementary courses: Semiconductor Technology, |
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| Organisation: Bandstructure, Phonons, Defects, Impurities, Transport Properties, Hall Effect, Scattering Processes, Optical Properties, Recombination Mechanisms, Excitons, Auger-Processes, Characterisation Methods (Optical, Electrical, Magneto-optical Methods), External Field Perturbations (Electrical field, Magnetic field), Heterostructures, Super-lattices, Quantum Wells, Quantum Hall Effect, Stark Effect, Growth Methods (Epitaxial Methods, Doping Methods). Study trip to some semiconductor related company can be arranged. |
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| Course contents: A. Semiconductors Bandstructure, Phonons, Defects, Impurities, Transport Properties, Hall Effect, Scattering Processes, Optical Properties, Recombination Mechanisms, Excitons, Auger-Processes, Characterisation Methods (Optical, Electrical, Magnetic Methods), External Field Perturbations (Electrical field, Magnetic field). B. Quantum structures Heterostructures, Super-lattices, Quantum Wells, Quantum Hall Effect, Stark Effect, Growth Methods (Epitaxial Methods, Doping Methods), Quantum- wires and-dots. C. Laborations 1. Electrical Characterisation (Hall, DLTS etc) (1/2 day) 2. Luminescence measurements (full day) 3. Optical Characterisation using Fourier Transform Spectroscopy (full day) |
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| Course literature: Physical Properties of Semiconductors (C.M. Wolfe, N. Holonyak, G.E. Stillman). The Physics of Low Dimensional Semiconductors (J. Davies) |
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| Written or oral examination Laboration course |
2,5 p 1,5 p |
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Course language is Swedish/English. Department offering the course: IFM. Director of Studies: Leif Johansson Examiner: Per-Olof Holtz Course Syllabus in Swedish |
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