Spring 2013
Instructor
Dept. of Electrical Engineering,
University of Notre Dame
Office: Fitz 271
Class
Hours
Spring 2013
– Mondays and Wednesdays.
11:45 pm – 1:00 pm, DBRT 202.
Office hours: TBD.
Prerequisites
Undergraduate
level Solid-State Physics and Quantum Mechanics.
Objectives
The class will provide graduate
students with a solid understanding of the basic underlying physics of
semiconductors that lead to practical applications. Starting from electronic bandstructure,
we will cover topics such as electron-photon and electron-phonon interactions,
charge scattering by defects and transport, and optical properties of
semiconductors. Quantum confinement
effects in optical devices, ballistic transistors, and tunneling FETs will be
covered.
Topics
[Reading]
1) Recap of
quantum mechanics [Kroemer
Chp 1 & relevant sections, Notes]
2) Formulation of
the transport problem: Electric current
[Notes]
3) Ballistic
transport and nanoscale FETs [Natori (paper), Lundstrom (paper), Notes]
4) Time-independent
perturbation theory [Kroemer
Chps 14 & 15, k.p
bandstructure, Notes]
5) Electron bandstructure and quantized states [Kroemer
Chp 17, effective mass
theory, quantized
structures, Notes]
6) Time-dependent
perturbation theory [Kroemer Chp
19, Notes]
7) Electron-photon
interactions, optical properties, LEDs and Lasers [Notes]
8) Electron-phonon
interaction and scattering [Notes]
9) Electron-defect
interaction and scattering [Notes]
10) Mobility,
drift-diffusion, quasi-ballistic FETs [Notes]
11) High
Field-Phenomena: Tunneling transport and tunnel-FETs [Notes]
12) Bottom-up
transport: The Non-Equilibrium Green’s Function (NEGF) approach [Notes]
Assignments
1 - pdf due: 02/11
2 - pdf due: 02/25
3 - pdf due: 03/22
4 - pdf due: 05/03
Supporting
Slides
Slides (pdf)
Supporting
Illustrations (Mathematica)
File (*.nb) Note: Right click and save
on your computer first to use it.
Textbooks
None
required. I will post reading material
and suggest book sections for reading when necessary.
Suggested References
1) Quantum
Mechanics for Engineering: Material Science and Applied Physics [Most useful
reference]
Herbert Kroemer
2) Fundamentals of
Carrier Transport [2nd most useful reference]
Mark Lundstrom
3) Quantum
Transport: Atom to Transistor [Best treatment of ballistic FET physics]
Supriyo Datta
4) Physics of
Low-Dimensional Semiconductors
John Davies
5) Physical
Properties of Semiconductors
Wolfe, Holonyak, and Stillman
6) Fundamentals of Semiconductors:
Physics and Material Properties
Peter Y. Yu
& Manuel Cardona
7) Physics of
Photonic Devices [3rd most useful reference (if you are interested in optical
properties)]
S. L. Chuang
Grading
Presentation
Schedule
Contact
Email: djena
at nd dot edu if you have
any questions.