13E064PKN - Semiconductor Quantum Nanostructures

Course specification
Course title		Semiconductor Quantum Nanostructures
Acronym		13E064PKN
Study programme		Electrical Engineering and Computing
Module		Physical Electronics - Biomedical and Nuclear Engineering, Physical Electronics - Nanoelectronics and Photonics, Physical Electronics - Nanoelectronics, Optoelectronics, Laser Technology
Type of study		bachelor academic studies
Lecturer (for classes)		professor PhD Jelena Radovanović professor PhD Milan Tadić professor PhD Vladimir Arsoski asst. professor PhD Nikola Vuković
Lecturer/Associate (for practice)		professor PhD Jelena Radovanović professor PhD Milan Tadić professor PhD Vladimir Arsoski asst. professor PhD Nikola Vuković
Lecturer/Associate (for OTC)
ESPB		6.0	Status	elective
Condition		None.
The goal		Introduce students to the electronic bandstructure, optical, and transport properties of two -, one - and zero - dimensional systems. Provide an understanding of physics, bandgap engineering possibilities, and applications of nanostructure devices.
The outcome		Students are expected to apply the knowledge gained during lectures to solve specific problems in physics of nanostructures.
Contents
URL to the subject page		http://nobel.etf.bg.ac.rs/studiranje/kursevi/of4pkn/
Contents of lectures		Introduction to nanostructures. Methods for band structure calculations: the effective-mass theory, envelope wave functions. Quantization of electron and hole states in nanostructures. Semiconductors quantum wells. Superlattices. Quantum wires. Quantum dots. Optical properties; nonlinear effects. Excitons. Phonons. Nanostructures in magnetic field. Multiband k.p models. Strained nanostructures.
Contents of exercises		Completion of small projects and computer simulations.
Literature
Z. Ikonić, V. Milanović, "Semiconductor quantum microstructures", University of Belgrade Press, 1997. M. Tadić, "Lectures on semiconductor nanostructures", 2009, http://nobel.etf.bg.ac.rs/studiranje/kursevi/of4pkn/materijali/pkn_II_2009.pdf V. Arsoski, "Semiconductor quantum nanostructures: Lecture notes part III", ETF, Belgrade, 2014. J. H. Davies, "The Physics of Low-dimensional Semiconductors: An Introduction", Cambridge University Press, 1997. (Original title) P. Harrison, A. Valavanis "Quantum Wells, Wires and Dots: Theoretical and Computational Physics of Semiconductor Nanostructures", Wiley, 2016. (Original title)
Number of hours per week during the semester/trimester/year
Lectures	Exercises	OTC	Study and Research	Other classes
3	2
Methods of teaching		Lectures, small projects, computer simulations, seminars.
Knowledge score (maximum points 100)
Pre obligations		Points	Final exam	Points
Activites during lectures			Test paper	50
Practical lessons			Oral examination
Projects
Colloquia		50
Seminars