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Semiconductor Course

PHY 5660 is a 3 credit course on Semiconductor Physics and Devices. It covers key topics in two parts: Part 1 discusses semiconductor structures, electronic energy bands, effects of doping impurities, lattice vibrations, and charge carrier transport and optical properties. Part 2 covers p-n junctions, bipolar junction transistors, semiconductor lasers, heterostructures, superlattices, optical and transport properties of heterostructures, and their applications. The course requires prerequisites in Thermal Physics, Quantum Mechanics, Solid State Physics or instructor permission.

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Semiconductor Course

PHY 5660 is a 3 credit course on Semiconductor Physics and Devices. It covers key topics in two parts: Part 1 discusses semiconductor structures, electronic energy bands, effects of doping impurities, lattice vibrations, and charge carrier transport and optical properties. Part 2 covers p-n junctions, bipolar junction transistors, semiconductor lasers, heterostructures, superlattices, optical and transport properties of heterostructures, and their applications. The course requires prerequisites in Thermal Physics, Quantum Mechanics, Solid State Physics or instructor permission.

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PHY 5660

Semiconductor Physics and Devices

3 U; 3 Lect. 1
Tut.
Part-1: Structures of semiconductors, electronic energy bands, electronic effects of doping
impurities, lattice vibrations, charge carrier transport properties, and optical properties. Part-2:
p-n junctions, bipolar junction transistor, semiconductor lasers and photodevices,
heterostructures and superlattices, optical and transport properties of heterostructures,
applications of heterostructures.
Prerequisite: Thermal Physics, Quantum Mechanics and Solid State Physics, or permission of
the instructor.
Syllabus

Lectures

Structures of semiconductors
Structure of solids; Diamond, Zincblende, and Wurtzite structures and the chemical
bonding of typical semiconductors
1.5
Electronic energy bands
Schrodinger equation for a periodic potential; Bloch theorem; Brillouin zones;
Energy bands and energy band gaps; Tight binding method; k.p method;
Pseudopotential method
4.5
Electronic effects of doping impurities
Effective mass theory ; Donor impurities in Si and Ge; Donor impurities in III-V
semiconductors; Acceptor impurities
1.5
Lattice vibrations
Equations of motion; Phonon dispersion curves; Models for calculating phonon
dispersion curves; Electron-Phonon interactions
1.5
Charge carrier transport properties
Quasi-classical approach; Carrier mobility for a nondegenerate electron gas;
Scattering mechanisms; High field transport and hot carrier effects
4.5
Optical properties
Kramers-Kronig relations; Dielectric function; Joint density of states and van Hove
singularities; Direct and indirect absorption edges; Excitons; Emission
spectroscopies; Light scattering spectroscopies
4.5
p-n junctions
Space charge distribution; Electronic energy bands in the space charge region; p-n
junction under an applied voltage; p-n junction capacitance
1.5
Bipolar junction transistor
Fabrication of transistors; Physical basis of BJT; DC characteristics; Small-signal
characteristics
1.5

Metal-semiconductor devices
Metal-oxide-semiconductor capacitor; Metal-semiconductor diode; Metal-oxidesemiconductor field effect transistor
3
Semiconductor lasers and photodevices
Stimulated emission; Physical basis of semiconductor lasers; Light emitting diode;
Photodetectors; Solar cells
3
Heterostructures, superlattices and nanostructures
Heterostructures; Quantum wells; Coupled quantum wells; Superlattices; Quantum
wires; Quantum Dots
4.5
Optical and transport properties of heterostructures
Intrasubband and intersubband transitions; Quantum well luminescence; Transport
under a constant electric field; Transport under a constant magnetic field
4.5
Applications of heterostructures
Semiconductor-insulator-semiconductor field effect transistor; Heterostructure
diode and transistor; Quantum well lasers; Electronic devices based on 1D and 0D
structures; 1D and 0D optical devices
3
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References
M. Balkanski and R. F. Wallis, Semiconductor physics and applications, Oxford University
Press (Oxford, 2000). QC611.B185 2000
Peter Y. Yu, M. Cardona, Fundamentals of semiconductors, Springer (Berlin, 2005)
QC611 .Y88 2005
S.M. Sze, Semiconductor devices: physics and technology, TK7871.85.S9883
C. Weisbuch, B. Vinter, Quantum semiconductor structures, Academic Press, Inc. (Boston,
1991) QC611.W38
K. Seeger, Semiconductor physics, Springer (Berlin, 1999) QC611.S43 1999
H. T. Grahn, Introduction to semiconductor physics, World Scientific (Singapore, 1999)
QC611.G73 1999
R. Enderlein, N. J. M. Horing, Fundamentals of semiconductor physics and devices, World
Scientific (Singapore, 1997) QC611.E655 1997
S. M. Sze (ed.), Modern semiconductor device physics, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (New York,
1998) QC611.M674 1998
S.M. Sze & K. K. Ng, Physics of semiconductor devices, 2007, QC612.S4.S95 2007
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