FYS-6107 Physics of Optoelectronics, 5 cr
Additional information
Suitable for postgraduate studies.
Person responsible
Mircea Guina, Teemu Hakkarainen, Antti Tukiainen
Lessons
| Implementation | Period | Person responsible | Requirements |
| FYS-6107 2019-01 | 1 |
Mircea Guina Teemu Hakkarainen Riku Isoaho Eero Koivusalo Antti Tukiainen |
Passing exam, solving 50% of exercises, and acceptably performed work as part of mandatory laboratory experiments. |
Learning Outcomes
After compleating the course, the student will be able to describe the connection between material engineering aspects (e.g. composition, strain, doping), and the main features of optoelectronic heterostructures, such as bandgap, carrier transport, and optical properties. Moreover, the student will be able to identify major classes of optoelectronics materials, and different regimes of carrier-photon interaction, which govern the operation of optoelectronic devices. The student is able to solve problems related to the subject area by applying appropriate equations for deriving specific design guidelines, and to evaluate the basic functions of optolectronics heterostructures. The course includes laboratory experiments. After passing the course, the student is able to: - describe the connection between experiments and the theory presented at the lectures. - perform specifiec measurements and to analyse and report their results.
Content
| Content | Core content | Complementary knowledge | Specialist knowledge |
| 1. | Energy bands and carrier transport in compound semiconductors | Crystal lattices | Bandgap engineering: ability to design compounds with specifiec bandgaps |
| 2. | Absorption, radiative, and non-radiative recombination | Influence of defects on recombination processes | Design of heterostructures targeting specific control of carrier-photon interaction. |
| 3. | Heterostructures and quantum confinement | Effects related to doping, temperature, and strain | Design of quantum heterostructures with a targeted function |
| 4. | Junctions and interfaces | Effects related to doping, temperature, and strain | Design of junctions with specifiec function |
Instructions for students on how to achieve the learning outcomes
The total mark is determined based on a final exam (60% weight), student's activity in exercise classes (20% weight), and mandatory laboratory works (20% weight). Laboratory reports are required and reviewed and should meet the criteria of scientific reports. Analysis of the results, the structure, language, and style of the reports are assessed.
Assessment scale:
Numerical evaluation scale (0-5)
Partial passing:
Study material
| Type | Name | Author | ISBN | URL | Additional information | Examination material |
| Book | Solid state Electronic Devices | Ben G. Streetman and Sanjay Banerjee | Yes |
Correspondence of content
| Course | Corresponds course | Description |
| FYS-6107 Physics of Optoelectronics, 5 cr | FYS-6106 Basic Semiconductor Technology, 5 cr |