Physics of Semiconductors

Type of study	Follow-up Master
Language of instruction	English
Code	653-3167/02
Abbreviation	FP
Course title	Physics of Semiconductors
Credits	5
Coordinating department	Department of Materials Engineering and Recycling
Course coordinator	Ing. Tibor Fördös, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. The diversity of the semiconductor world - an overview of semiconductor types, their preparation and technological applications

2. Bonds and crystal arrangements in semiconductors - polycrystalline and amorphous semiconductors, structural arrangements, polytypism, semiconducting alloys

3. Mechanical properties of semiconductors - lattice vibration, elasticity and plasticity, phonons, electron-phonon interaction

4. Electrical properties of semiconductors - carrier concentration, intrinsic conductivity, doping

5. Transport phenomena - magnetotransport phenomena, Hall effect, diffusion, thermal conductivity

6. Optical properties I - theory of the dielectric function, Van Hove singularities, excitons

7. Optical properties II - recombination mechanisms, spontaneous and stimulated emission

8. Quantum phenomena in semiconductor structures - quantum pits and dots, quantum Hall effect

9. Polarization in semiconductors - ferroelectric and piezoelectric phenomena

10. Magnetic and organic semiconductors

11. Diodes - ohmic contact, Schottky effect

12. Lasers - resonators, active medium, rate equations

13. Photodiodes - principles and applications, spectral characteristics

Literature

M. Grundman, The Physics of Semiconductor, Springer, 2016
M. Rudan, Physics of Semiconductor Devices, 2nd Ed., 2018
H. J. Eichler, J. Eichler, Oliver Lux, Lasers: basics, advances and applications, Springer, 2018
A. K. Maini, Anil Kumar. Lasers and optoelectronics: fundamentals, devices and applications, Wiley, 2013
Helmar, F.: Fyzika a technika polovodičů, SNTL 1990

Advised literature

P. Yu, M. Cardona, Fundamentals of Semiconductors, Springer, 2010
S.M. Sze, Kwok K. Ng, Physics of Semiconductor Devices, 3rd ed., Wiley, 2006
D. Neamen, Semiconductor Physics and Devices: Basic Principles, McGraw-Hill Education - Europe, 2011
T. Steiner, Semiconductor nanostructures for optoelectronic applications, Boston: Artech House, 2004
C. Klingshirn, Semiconductor optics. 4th ed. Springer, 2012

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