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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 : | French language |
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| Course contents : | Optoelectronics: interaction between radiation and semiconductor, photoexcitation, photoconductive cell, LED, photodiode and laser diode.
Heterostructures, electrical 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 first or the second quadrimester (please contact the teacher). |
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| Written notes : | Slides available upon request. Textbooks: Matthieu, Physique des semiconducteurs et des composants électroniques (Dunod) ; Davies, 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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