TFYY47 Semiconductor Physics 2010

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Valid for year : 2010

TFYY47	Semiconductor Physics, 6 ECTS credits. /Halvledarfysik/ For: ED MFYS MPN Y
	Prel. scheduled hours: 36 Rec. self-study hours: 124
	Area of Education: Science Main field of studies: Physics, Applied Physics
	Advancement level (G1, G2, A): A
	Aim: The objective of the course is to transfer a basic understanding for fundamental properties and characteristics for semiconductors, but also how these properties can be utilized for various applications within the electronics. Within the frame of the course, a description of the most important methods to fabricate semiconductor materials together with introducing doping in the material will be provided. The course aims at an improved understanding of the effects caused by a reduction of the dimensionality of a semiconductor; from the 3-dimensional bulk, via 2- and 1-dimensional quantum wells and -wires, to 0-dimensional quantum dots. Knowledge and understanding: After the course, the student should understand and describe in own words the optical, electrical and transport related properties of the semiconductors describe different types of doping and the effect of doping for various properties in the semiconductors understand and describe in own words the effect of a reduced dimensionality in a semiconductor describe different lattice types and energy band models, which are applicable on semiconductors Applications and evaluation: After the course, the student should be able to calculate parameters like the charge carrier concentration, Fermi-energy, doping levels and �?"energies together with the mobility as evaluated from experimental results demonstrate an ability to independently select and employ adequate computational methods in order to determine the doping energies for bulk as well as quantization effects in semiconductor quantum structures be able to use some common electrical and optical characterization methods on semiconductors Ability to communication: After the course, the student should be able to write a laboration report with an analysis of experimental results and error sources together with an estimate of error levels be able to find and utilize adequate and relevant information from a simpler scientific article and be able to give an oral presentation of this information
	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.
	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.
	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 Luminescence measurements Optical Characterisation using Fourier Transform Spectroscopy Electrical Characterisation (Hall, DLTS etc)
	Course literature: M. Grundmann, The physics of Semiconductors
	Examination:
	Written or oral examination Laboratory work	4 ECTS 2 ECTS


Course language is Swedish/English. Department offering the course: IFM. Director of Studies: Leif Johansson Examiner: Fredrik Karlsson Link to the course homepage at the department Course Syllabus in Swedish

Linköping Institute of Technology
Contact: TFK , val@tfk.liu.se Last updated: 11/11/2010