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Study programmes 2008-2009Last update : 29/06/2009
ELEN0069-1  Nanoelectronics / Optoelectronics
Duration :  30h Th, 30h Pr
Credits/ECTS :  
civil engineering in electricity, 3rd year6,5
civil engineering in physics, 3rd year6,5
Master in Biomedical Engineering, in-depth approach, 2nd yearDeuxième quadrimestre5
Master in Electrical Engineering, in-depth approach, 2nd yearDeuxième quadrimestre5
Master in Engineering Physics, in-depth approach, 2nd yearDeuxième quadrimestre5
Advanced Master in NanotechnologyDeuxième quadrimestre5
Holder(s) :  Benoît Vanderheyden
Language :  Langue française
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
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
Prerequisites :  An introductory course on the physics of semiconductor devices (to the level of the first eight chapters of Streetman)
Workshops :  Group homework, to be presented orally
Organization :  Course during the first or the second quadrimester (please contact the teacher).
Written notes :  Slides available upon request. Textbook : The Physics of Low-dimensional Semiconductors (Cambridge).
Assessment :  Oral presentation of the group homework. Oral exam on the theory.
Contacts :  Benoît Vanderheyden, B.Vanderheyden@ulg.ac.be (04/366 26 13); Chantal Collinet, secretary, collinet@montefiore.ulg.ac.be (04/366 26 11).
Remarks :  See http://www.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~vdh/elen069.html


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