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"Semiconductors"

© H. Föll

Table of Contents

Hyperscripts of AMAT: General Information

1. Introduction

1.1 Scope of the Course
Goals and Contents
Relation to Other Courses
Required Background Knowledge
Organisation

2. Semiconductor Physics

2.1 Basic Band Theory
Free electron gas - Recapitulation
Diffraction of Electron Waves - Recapitulation
Energy Gaps and General Bandstrucure
Periodic Potentials and Blochs Theorem
Band Structures and Standard Representations
2.2 Basic Semiconductor Physics
Intrinsic Properties
Doping and Carrier Concentration
Lifetime and Diffusion Length
Simple Junctions and Devices
2.3 Elements of Advanced Theory
Effective Masses
Quasi Fermi Energies
Shockley-Read-Hall Recombination
Useful Relations
Junctions Reconsidered

3. Silicon: General Properties and Technologies

3.1 General Properties
Conductivity, lifetime and lattice defects
Diffusion
Mechanical, thermal and other properties
3.2 Silicon Production
Single crystals and wafers
Polycrystalline silicon for solar Cells
Crystal lattice defects in Si
3.3 General Device and Product Consideration
Interfaces and contacts
Scaling laws
3.4 Basic Si Devices
Diodes, bipolar transistor
MOS transistors
Miscellaneous

4. Silicon: Special Properties and Emerging Technologies

  Mostly unfinished
4.1 Silicon on Insulator
General remarks
Modern developments
Micromechanics and Microsystem Technology
4.2 Etching of Silicon
General remarks
Chemical etching of Silicon

5. Fundamentals of Optoelectronics

5.1 Materials and Radiant Recombination
Basic Questions and Material Issues
Recombination and Luminescence
Doping of Compound Semiconductors
Wavelength Engineering
5.2 Light and Semiconductors
Total Efficiency of Light Generation
Absorption and Emission of Light
5.3 Heterojunctions
Ideal Heterojunctions
Isotype Heterojunctions
Real Heterojunctions
5.4 Quantum Devices
Single and Multiple Quantum Wells
 

6. Principles of the Semiconductor LASER

6.1 LASER conditions
Interaction of Light and Electrons and Inversion
Light Amplification in Semiconductors
From Amplification to Oscillation: Second Laser Condition
6.2 Specific Topics
Turning on a Laser Diode
Laser Modes

7. Light Emitting Devices

7.1 Basic Requirements and Design Principles
Products, Market, Materials, and Technologies
Some LED Concepts
Optimizing Light Confinement and Gain in Laser Diodes
Double Heterojunctions Specialities
7.2 Specialities

8. Speed

8.1 Some Basics to Device Speed
General aspects, time consuming processes
8.2 Dynamic Behavior of p-n-Junctions
General observations, small signal response
Switching junction diodes and bipolar transistors
   

9. Compound Semiconductor Technology

  Mostly unfinished
9.1 General Remarks
Major differences to Si technology
9.2 Bulk Crystals
GaAs
9.3 Epitaxial Layers
General Remarks
Liquid Phase Epitaxy
Molecular Beam Epitaxy

10. Specialities

10.1 SiC and Diamond
10.2 II - VI Semiconductors
10.3 Semiconducting Polymers
10.4 Special Applications