SOLID STATE PHYSICS

MS&E 756

Prepares graduate students for research in electronic materials and related areas by examining (1) how does the physical structure of a material affect its electronic structure and properties: and (2) state-of-the-art advance electronic materials. Topics include: molecular and organic semiconductors; carbon nanomaterials (nanotubes, nanoribbons and graphene); advances in conventional bulk zinc-blende and wurtzite semiconductors; polycrystalline, amorphous, and disordered materials; state-of-the-art high- low-k dielectrics; and up-and-coming and next-generation materials. Knowledge of solid state physics [such asPHYSICS 551orM S & E 456] required.

ECE 466

Electronic, optical and thermal properties of crystalline solids. Energy-momentum dispersion of fundamental particles and excitations in solids leading to microscopic theories of conductivity, polarizability and permeability. Influence of materials characteristics on the performance of electronic and photonic devices.

ECE 745

Physical principles underlying the action of semiconductor devices, chemical bonding and energy band structure, Boltzmann transport theory, optical and high frequency effects, diffusion and drift, interfaces, properties of elemental and compound semiconductors.

ECE/PHYSICS 235

An introduction to the physical principles underlying solid-state electronic and photonic devices, including elements of quantum mechanics, crystal structure, semiconductor band theory, carrier statistics, and band diagrams. Offers examples of modern semiconductor structures. Prior experience with MATLAB [such asE C E 203] is strongly encouraged but not required.

PHYSICS 751

Lattice dynamics; band theory; Fermi surfaces; electrodynamics of metals; optical properties; transport properties. Knowledge of introductory solid state physics (such asPHYSICS 551) strongly encouraged.