University of
Delaware, Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering
ELEG 646, ELEG
667 – 011, ELEG 467 – 011 -
Nanoelectronic Device Principles – Spring 2004
Description:
Introduction to the operating principles of nanoscale optical and electronic
devices, with emphasis on how nanotechnology and quantum mechanics affect
devices with reduced sizes and dimensions.
Develops
the performance and limitations of devices based on quantum wells, wires,
dots, and nanophase materials.
Instructor: James
Kolodzey
Meetings:
First
meeting: Tuesday, 10 February, 2004; 9:30 -10:45 am; 114 Spencer Hall
Regular meetings: Tuesdays and Thursdays 9:30 -10:45 am, in 114
Spencer Hall
Topics include:
Conduction and Transport in conductors, semiconductors, insulators, and
organics (polymers and biomaterials)
Drift, diffusion, recombination
Carrier densities, distribution functions, density of states
Equilibrium and nonequilibrium properties – carrier injection, generation,
lifetimes
Junctions - bias, Fermi potentials, capacitance, I-V characteristics
Transistors – bipolar and field effect characteristics, gain, limitations,
and scaling
Microwave devices-IMPATT, Gunn, mixers and detectors
Optoelectronic devices- photodetectors, LEDs, and lasers
Mesoscopic Devices -behavior
in the nanoscale: quantum wells, wires and dots
Molecular Electronics
Spin Electronics
James Kolodzey, 21 January 2004