TENTATIVE SyllabusPhysics 427/576 Autumn 2005Semiconductor Nanostructures:
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| WEEK |
Wednesday |
Friday |
| 1 |
9/28
Introduction:
Semiconductor physical and electronic structure; Impact of lowering
dimensions |
9/30
Band structure
in 3, 2, 1, 0 dimensions |
| 2 |
10/5
Band gap engineering:
controlling electrons in 3, 2, 1, 0 dimensions CHOOSE presentation topic. |
10/7
Quasiparticles
in 3,2,1,0 dimensions: electrons, holes, excitons, polarons |
| 3 |
10/12
Fabrication
basics: MBE, CVD; intro to epitaxial kinetics |
10/14
Heteroepitaxial kinetics:
strain, wetting, morphology |
| 4 |
10/19
Bottom-up
patterning I:
self-assembly in MBE/CVD. Serpentine superlattice, strain induced
QD, etc. |
10/21
Top-down patterning:
lithography -- optical, e-beam |
| 5 |
10/26
Bottom-up patterning II:
chemical self-assembly. Solution QD; block
co-polymer. |
10/28 Hilbert space characterization: optical spectroscopy, photoemission |
| 6 |
11/2
Recip space
characterization: •electron microscopy (Shin) and
diffraction;
•xrays (Tim) |
11/4
Real-space
characterization: scanning probe microscopy (STM, •AFM (Lisa),
MFM, etc.) |
| 7 |
11/9
2D
heterostructure devices: QW laser, RTD, etc. |
11/11
HOLIDAY -- NO CLASS |
| 8 |
11/16
Low dimensional
transport: •2D transport (Li), path interference, quantum
conductance. Review topic due. |
11/18
2DEG devices:
Quantum Hall Effect, FQHE |
| 9 |
11/23
0d and 1d device
physics: single electron transitors, Coulomb blockade,
path
interference Literature topic due. |
11/25
HOLIDAY -- NO CLASS |
| 10 |
11/30
1d physics:
•nanotubes (Bob), •Kondo effect (Tracy) Review report due. |
12/2
1D/0D physics/devices:
•1D transport (Chris), quantum dot computing |
| 11 |
12/7
magnetic semiconductor
nanostructures: dilute magnetic semiconductors,
spin-valves, spin-FET, etc. |
12/9
organic/semiconductor
interfaces: •DNA templating (John), •organic
semiconductors
(Fikre). Literature report due. Seminar report due. |