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HU Credits:
2
Degree/Cycle:
1st degree (Bachelor)
Responsible Department:
Physics
Semester:
1st Semester
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
E. Safra
Course/Module Coordinator:
Prof Amir Saar
Coordinator Office Hours:
By appointment
Teaching Staff:
Prof. Amir Saar
Course/Module description:
Seminar course that deals with quantum structures in semi-conducters.
Course/Module aims:
See course content below.
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
See course content below.
Attendance requirements(%):
100
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
Seminar
Course/Module Content:
1. The double-barrier resonant tunneling diode
2. Semiconductor superlattices
3. Quantum well infrared photodetectors (QWIPs)
4. Quantum cascade (QC) lasers
5. Quantum well (QW) lasers
6. Quantum wire lasers
7. Quantum dot lasers
8. Quantum dots for photovoltaics solar cell applications
9. Inversion layers in MOS (metal-oxide-semiconductor) structures and the formation of 2D (two-dimensional) electron gas
10. Graphene: a 2D structure of Graphite
11. Carbon Nanotubes
Required Reading:
None
Additional Reading Material:
1. V. Mitin, V. Kochelap & M. Stroscio, "Quantum Heterostructures: Microelectronics and Optoelectronics" (Cambridge, 1999).
2. G. Bastard, "Wave Mechanics applied to Semiconductor Heterostructures" (Halsted Press, 1988).
3. J. Singh, "Physics of Semiconductors and their Heterostructures" (McGraw-Hill, 1993).
4. C. Weisbuch and B. Vinter, "Quantum Semiconductor Structures" (Academic Press, 1991).
5. Supriyo Datta,"Quantum Transport: Atom to Transistor", (Cambridge, NY 2005).
6. Paul Harrison, "Quantum Wells, Wires and Dots: Theoretical and Computational Physics of Semiconductor Nanostructures" (Wiley 2000).
7. Thomas Ihn, "Semiconductor Nanostructures: Quantum states and electronic transport" (Oxford University press, 2010).
8. David K. Ferry, Stephen M. Goodnick and Jonathan Bird, "Transport in Nanostructures" (Cambridge, NY 2009).
Grading Scheme :
Presentation / Poster Presentation / Lecture/ Seminar / Pro-seminar / Research proposal 50 %
Presentation / Poster Presentation / Lecture 50 %
Additional information:
None
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