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.
First meeting: Tuesday, 11 February, 2003; 11:00 -12:15
pm; 114 Spencer Hall
Regular meetings: Tuesdays and Thursdays 11 am – 12:15 pm, in 114 Spencer
Hall
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