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| ELEN0069-1 | Nanoelectronics / Optoelectronics
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| Duration : | 30h Th, 30h Pr |
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| Holder(s) : | Benoît Vanderheyden |
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| Language : | Langue française |
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| Course contents : | Heterostructures, electrical and optical properties of 0D, 1D, and 2D devices (MODFET, wells, quantum wires and dots), tunnel effect, mesoscopic effects and nanometer size devices |
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| Course objective : | To understand the limitations of present day electronic devices and to grasp the physical principles that can be applied in future electronic devices |
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| Prerequisites : | An introductory course on the physics of semiconductor devices (to the level of the first eight chapters of Streetman) |
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| Workshops : | Group homework, to be presented orally |
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| Organization : | Course during the second quadrimester |
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| Written notes : | Slides available upon request. Textbook : The Physics of Low-dimensional Semiconductors (Cambridge). |
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| Assessment : | Oral presentation of the group homework. Oral exam on the theory. |
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| Contacts : | Benoît Vanderheyden, B.Vanderheyden@ulg.ac.be (04/366 26 13); Chantal Collinet, secretary, collinet@montefiore.ulg.ac.be (04/366 26 11). |
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| Remarks : | See http://www.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~vdh/elen069.html |
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