Physics of semiconductors

Type of study	Follow-up Master
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	480-4045/01
Abbreviation	FP
Course title	Physics of semiconductors
Credits	6
Coordinating department	Department of Physics
Course coordinator	prof. Ing. Ondřej Životský, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Content:
- Free electrons and energetic bands
- Metallic and semiconductor crystals
- Basic methods for calculation of the band structure
- Approximation for PC modellation of the many particles systems
- Heterostructures
- Quantum holes and low-dimensional systems
- Electron transport in heterostructures
- Influence of the electric and magnetic field on electron systems

E-learning

Materials are available at https://lms.vsb.cz/?lang=en.

Literature

KITTEL, Ch. Introduction to Solid State Physics. 8th edition. John Wiley & Sons, 2004. .

Advised literature

YU P. Y., CARDONA, M. Fundamentals of Semiconductors. Berlin: Springer, 2010. ISBN 978-3-642-00709-5.

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