Department of Physics, University of Utah

REPRESENTATIVE TEXTBOOK

Semiconductor Physics, K. Seeger, Springer-Verlag, Sixth Edition.

Fundamentals of Semiconductors Physics and Material Properties, Peter Y. Yu, Manuel Cardona, Springer-Verlag, 1996.

Electronic States in Semiconductors, A. L. Efros, University of Utah Course Materials (Available as handouts).

Wave Mechanics Applied to Semiconductor Heterostructures, Gerald Bastard, Halsted Press 1988.
 

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This is the first part of the two-semester course. Semiconductors are an important class of materials widely used in the modern electronics. Modern devices often use semiconducting structures which can be classified as two-dimensional and even one dimensional. Physics of these structures is very important part of semiconductor physics. In this course the low dimensional structures are studied in parallel with the traditional bulk materials. Two-dimensional structures reveal a lot of new fundamental physics, such as integer and fractional Quantum Hall effects. These two discoveries have been awarded by the Nobel prizes in 1985 and 1998. Quantum Hall effects and some other new fundamental problems are included in this course. The first part of the course contains more traditional problems like band structure, statistics of carriers, optical properties, classical transport.
 

PRE-REQUISITE

Introductory courses of statistical physics and quantum mechanics like Phys. 3740, 5460 or equivalent are necessary. Solid State Physic 5510-5520 is helpful but not necessary.
 

OTHER COMMENTS

None