OF4PKN - Semiconductor Quantum Nanostructures

Course specification
Course title		Semiconductor Quantum Nanostructures
Acronym		OF4PKN
Study programme		Electrical Engineering and Computing
Module		Physical Electronics
Type of study		bachelor academic studies
Lecturer (for classes)		professor PhD Jelena Radovanović professor PhD Milan Tadić professor PhD Vladimir Arsoski
Lecturer/Associate (for practice)		professor PhD Jelena Radovanović professor PhD Milan Tadić professor PhD Vladimir Arsoski
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 in lectures to solve problems in physics of nanostructures.
Contents
Contents of lectures		Introduction to nanostructures. Methods for band structure calculation (the effective-mass theory, envelope wave functions). Quantization of electron and hole states in nanostructures. Semiconductors quantum wells. Superlattices. Nanowires. Quantum dots. Optical properties; nonlinear effects. Excitons. Phonons. Nanostructures in a magnetic field. Multiband k.p models. Strained nanostructures.
Contents of exercises		completion of small projects and computer simulations
Literature
"Semiconductor quantum microstructures", Z. Ikonić, V. Milanović, University of Belgrade Press, 1997. "Lectures on semiconductor nanostructures", M. Tadić, 2009, http://nobel.etf.bg.ac.rs/studiranje/kursevi/of4pkn/materijali/pkn_II_2009.pdf "The Physics of Low-dimensional Semiconductors: An Introduction", J. H. Davies, Cambridge University Press, 1997. (Original title) "Quantum Wells, Wires and Dots: Theoretical and Computational Physics of Semiconductor Nanostructures", P. Harrison, Wiley, 2010. (Original title) Selected journal papers (Physical Review, Applied Physics Letters, IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, etc.)
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		0	Test paper	50
Practical lessons		0	Oral examination	0
Projects		0
Colloquia		50
Seminars		0