Course Catalog 2008-2009 Basic Basic Pori International Postgraduate Open University |Degrees|     |Study blocks|     |Courses|

Course´s person responsible

Antti Tukiainen, Tapio Rantala

Implementations

	Lecture times and places	Target group recommended to
Implementation 1	Per 1, 2 : Thursday 14 - 16, SJ212A	3.-n. vuosikurssi Jatko-opiskelijat KV-opiskelijat Teknis-luonnontieteellinen koulutusohjelma

Requirements

Seminar talk and examination.

Principles and baselines related to teaching and learning

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Objectives

The course discusses topical themes of compound semiconductor technology emphasizing optoelectronics. The aim is to give students a deeper view of design, fabrication, and characterization of compound semiconductor components.

Content

Content	Core content	Complementary knowledge	Specialist knowledge
1.	Single and multimode laser diodes. Edge emitting and vertical emitting components.
2.	Epitaxial growth and processing of compound semiconductor components.
3.	Deeper understanding of structural, electrical, and optical characterization of compound semiconductors.
4.	Design of optoelectronic components

Study material

Type	Name	Author	ISBN	URL	Edition, availability, ...	Examination material	Language
Book	Analysis and Design of Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers	S. F. Yu			John Wiley & Sons, 2003		English
Book	Etching of III-V semiconductors: An electrochemical approach	P. H. L. Notten, J. E. A. M. van den Meerakker, and J. J. Kelly	0-946395-84-5		Elsevier, 1991, ISBN 0-946395-84-5		English
Book	Hanbook of advanced plasma processing techniques	R. J. Shul and S. J. Pearton	3-540-66772-5		Springer, 2000, ISBN 3-540-66772-5		English
Book	High-power diode lasers	R. Diehl			Springer, 2000		English
Book	Microchip fabrication	P. Van Zant	0-07-135636-3		McGraw Hill, 2000, ISBN 0-07-135636-3		English
Book	Molecular beam epitaxy	M. A. Herman	3-540-60594-0		Springer, 1996, ISBN 3-540-60594-0		English
Book	Molecular beam epitaxy, Applications to key materials	R. F. C. Farrow	0-8155-1371-2		Noyes publications, 1995, ISBN 0-8155-1371-2		English
Book	Semiconductor Optoelectronic Devices - Introduction to Physics and Simulation	J. Piprek			Academic Press, 2003		English
Book	The electrical characterization of semiconductors: Majority carriers and electron states	P. Blood and J. V. Orton			Academic Press, 1992		English
Book	Vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers	C. Wilmsen, H. Temkin, and L. A. Coldren	0-521-59022-1		Cambridge University Press, 1999, ISBN 0-521-59022-1		English
Lecture slides							English

Prerequisites

Correspondence of content

Additional information

The course will be lectured every other year alternating with the course "FYS-6220 Puolijohdefysiikka II". The course is suitable for post-graduate studies.

More precise information per implementation

	Description	Methods of instruction	Implementation
Implementation 1		Lectures Seminar work Excercises	Contact teaching: 0 % Distance learning: 0 % Self-directed learning: 0 %

Last modified	11.08.2008
Modifier	Antti Tukiainen