Course Catalog 2011-2012
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Course Catalog 2011-2012

FYS-6226 Semiconductor Physics II, 3 cr

Additional information

Will be lectured every second year in turn with the course "FYS-6406 Advanced Compound Semiconductor Technology". This is a challenging course directed to theoretical and computational semiconductor physics. Good for graduate studies.
Suitable for postgraduate studies

Person responsible

Mihail Dumitrescu, Tapio Rantala

Lessons

Study type P1 P2 P3 P4 Summer Implementations Lecture times and places
Lectures
Excercises
 12 h/week
 12 h/week
+12 h/week
+12 h/week


 


 


 
FYS-6226 2011-01  

Requirements

Exam from completion of applications' assignments + subjects from textbook1 chapters 6-19 and from selected chapters from textbook2.
Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Principles and baselines related to teaching and learning

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Learning outcomes

Selected issues from the text book chapters 10 - 20

Content

Content Core content Complementary knowledge Specialist knowledge
1. Optical properties of semiconductor materials.     
2. Effects of quantum confinement on the electronic structure and phonons of low-dimensional semiconductor structures.     

Evaluation criteria for the course

Osaaminen tentissä.

Assessment scale:

Numerical evaluation scale (1-5) will be used on the course

Partial passing:

Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Study material

Type Name Author ISBN URL Edition, availability, ... Examination material Language
Book   Diode Lasers and Photonic Integrated Circuits   Larry A. Coldren, Scott W. Corzine   0-471-11875-3          English  
Book   Semiconductor Physics and Applications   M. Balkanski ja R.F. Wallis   0-19-851740-8     Oxford      English  

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Correspondence of content

Course Corresponds course  Description 
FYS-6226 Semiconductor Physics II, 3 cr FYS-6220 Semiconductor Physics II, 3 cr  

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Implementation Description Methods of instruction Implementation
FYS-6226 2011-01        

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