Course title
半導体物性工学特論   [Selected Topics in Semiconductor Materials]
Course category	courses for doctoral programs	Requirement		Credit	2
Department		Year	～	Semester	Spring
Course type	Spring	Course code	1080406
Instructor(s)
生嶋 健司   [IKUSHIMA Kenji]
Facility affiliation	Faculty of Engineering	Office		Email address

Course description

This lecture provides physical pictures and treatments of quantum phenomena in semiconductors. Particularly, electronic wave characters, electron spin effects, optical conversion in low-dimensional semiconductors.

Expected Learning

(1) To master basic properties of semiconductors. (2) To understand electron confinement by using band engineering (3) To understand quantum phenomena in low-dimensional semiconductors

Course schedule

1. Introduction 2. Fundamental Quantum well, electric current density, and so on. 3. Fundamental Two-dimensional electron system 4. Fundamental One-dimensional electron system 5. Fundamental Band structures 6. Band engineering and heterostructure crystals 7. Effective mass approximation 8. GaAs heterostructures and 2DES 9. Quantum tunneling and transport I 10. Quantum tunneling and transport II 11. Topics: Single electron tunneling 12. Coherent electron transport 13. Topics: Quantum point contact 14. Quantum transport under magnetic fields 15. Topics: Quantum Hall effect

Prerequisites

Required Text(s) and Materials

References

The physics of low-dimensional semiconductors --- An introduction J. H. Davies Electronic transport in mesoscopic systems, S. Datta Quantum Transport --- Atom to Transistor, S. Datta

Assessment/Grading

Small report/test (40) and final report (60)

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Lecture Language

Japanese

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Last update

3/27/2018 12:38:02 PM