Instructors
Prof. Dr. Ferdinand Scholz (Lecture)
Anja Ipsen (Seminar / Exercises)
Vorlesung "Compound Semiconductors"
News
The course information will be provided via Moodle. The password for the course will be published in the first lecture.
Content of the lecture
- Semiconductors, Compound Semiconductors
- Bulk and epitaxial crystal growth
- Optical processes, spectroscopic methods
- Electrical characterisation methods
- x-ray diffraction, microscopy and other characterisation methods
- Low-dimensional structures: quantum wells, wires, dots
- Strain in semiconductor structures
- Short wavelength materials: Group III nitrides
- Semiconductor Lasers, LEDs
- Solar Cells
- Electronic devices: HEMTs, HBTs
Recommended literature
- Lecture script
- F. Scholz, Compound Semiconductors, Pan Stanford, Singapore 2018
- Ch. Kittel, Einführung in die Festkörperphysik, Oldenbourg Verlag
- O. Madelung, Grundlagen der Halbleiterphysik, Springer
- R.J. Malik (Volume Ed.), F.F.Y. Wang (Series Ed.), Materials Processing, Theory and Practices, Vol. 7: III-V-Semiconductor Materials and Devices, North-Holland, Amsterdam, Oxford, New York, Tokyo 1989
- T.S. Moss (ed.), Handbook of Semiconductors, Elsevier, Amsterdam 1994
- D.T.J. Hurle (ed.), Handbook of Crystal Growth, North-Holland, Amsterdam 1993, Vol. 1-3
- S.M. Sze, Physics of Semiconductor Devices, John Wiley
- R.K. Willardson, A.C. Beer, Semiconductors and Semimetals, Buchserie Academic Press; z.B. Band 22, Band 24
- E. Rosencher, B. Vinter, Optoelectronics, Cambridge University Press 2002
- K.J. Ebeling, Integrierte Optoelektronik, Springer 1989
Lecture dates
- Tuesday 12-14, room 47.2.102
- Wednesday 8-10, room 45.2.101
- some extra dates will be on Wed 10-12, details to be discussed in the lecture