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VE520 – Electronic and Optical Properties of Semiconductors

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Credits: 3 Credits

Pre-requisites: Ve320 or Ve420 or graduatestanding

Description:

This is a course usually taken by first-year or second-year graduate students in ElectricalEngineering, major in Solid State Electronics. Senior undergraduate students may take this course asan elective with instructor’s approval. It is equivalent to EECS 520 ofEECS Department, theUniversity of Michigan, taken by the same level of students at the UofM as described above.It covers the essential physics underlying advanced electronic and optoelectronic device structuresThe theories presented in this course include formulations for open quantum systems, nanoscalestructures, energy band theories, quantum charge transport theories and their applications tonanoscale device calculations.
The students are expected to perform numerical calculations of representative nanoelectronic andbptoelectronic devices, which have become increasingly important for students who wish to work inhis field in their future.

Course Topics:

Overview of electronic and optoelectronic properties of semiconductors
Treatment of open quantum systems
Bandstructures and modifications
Mesoscopic charge transport theories
Review and midterm exam
Electronic properties of nanostructures and their device applicationsOptoelectronic properties of nanostructures and their device applications
Plasmonics and related research topics