Spring 2019,
Cornell University
Instructor
Instructor: Prof. Debdeep Jena (web)
Departments of ECE and MSE, Cornell
University
Office: Phillips Hall 424
Teaching
Assistant
Alex Chaney (aac227@cornell.edu)
Class
Hours
Tuesdays and Thursdays 11:40 am – 12:55
pm @ Phillips 403
Office hours: Tuesdays 3:35 - 4:25 pm @
Phillips 401 [Overflow: Thursdays 1:00 - 2:00 @ Bard 228]
Prerequisites
ECE 4060
or a course in basic quantum mechanics.
Assumes
exposure to basic quantum mechanics and statistical physics.
Course
Contents [Cornell
roster information]
Covers basic solid state and
semiconductor physics relevant for understanding electronic and optical devices.
Topics include crystalline structures, bonding in atoms and solids, energy
bands in solids, electron statistics and dynamics in energy bands, effective
mass equation, carrier transport in solids, Boltzmann transport equation,
semiconductor homo- and hetero-junctions, optical processes in semiconductors,
electronic and optical properties of semiconductor nanostructures,
semiconductor quantum wells, wires, and dots, electron transport in reduced
dimensions, semiconductor lasers and optoelectronics, high-frequency response
of electrons in solids and plasmons.
Outcomes
+ Learn basic principles of solid
state and semiconductor physics needed to understand modern electronic
and photonic devices.
+ Learn how engineering materials and structures
at the nanoscale enables novel electronic and photonic properties for a wide
variety of engineering applications.
+ Learn the relationship between basic science
and engineering applications.
Course info
sheet
Course calendar
[planned]
Course slides
and Mathematica
file (right click and “save link as” to download the Mathematica file)
Course Notes,
Summary
Notes, Heterojunctions,
Tightbinding (sp3s*) paper
Course Website
and Lecture Videos
from the 2017 version of the class
Course Piazza link for discussions
The periodic
table
The Semiconductor Properties Database
Topics:
0) Course Information
[History of Semiconductors]
1) Classical
free-electron models of solids
2) Quantum mechanics of
electrons in atoms to nanostructures to bulk solids
3) Crystals,
bandstructure of metals, semiconductors, insulators [e.g. Si, graphene, 2D
atomic materials, nanotubes…]
4) Electron statistics,
Doping and dynamics in bands
5) Quantum/ballistic
electron transport, conductance quantization
6) The effective mass
theorem, semiconductor heterostructures: Designer quantum wells, wires, dots
7) Nanoelectronic
device example: The ballistic field-effect transistor
8) Tunneling, The Boltzmann
transport equation, Phonons, Scattering, and Fermi’s golden rule
9) Electron-photon
interaction, optical interband and intraband
processes
10)
Nanophotonic device example(s): LEDs, Lasers, Photovoltaics
Assignments
1 - pdf posted: 01/23/2019
due: 02/06/2019
2 - pdf posted: 02/07/2019
due: 02/21/2019
3 - pdf posted: 03/02/2019
due:
03/18/2019
4 - pdf posted: 03/20/2019
due:
03/29/2019
5 - pdf posted: 04/04/2019
due:
04/15/2019
6 - pdf posted: 04/19/2019
due:
04/29/2019
7 - pdf posted: 05/01/2019
due: 05/13/2019
Exams and Grades
Other than the assignments, there will be two written prelim exams,
and a written final exam. Here is the approximate breakup of scores that will
go towards your final grade:
35% Assignments
15% Prelim 1 [Tuesday March 5th, 2019]
20% Prelim 2 [Thursday April 11th, 2019]
30% Final [Wednesday May 15th,
2019]
Demonstrations and Laboratories
A few demonstrations will be performed in the course. Some course
assignments may include laboratory components or demonstrations.
Textbooks
The main text for
the course will be:
Quantum Physics of Semiconductors and Nanostructures: Lecture
Notes by the Instructor.
You are encouraged to refer to the following texts:
-Ashcroft and Mermin (Solid State
Physics)
-Kittel (Introduction to Solid State Physics)
-Davies (The Physics of Low Dimensional Semiconductors)
-Kroemer (Quantum Mechanics)
-Griffiths (Quantum Mechanics, if you have not had quantum before)