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Course description

The course covers fundamentals of solid state physics relevant to semiconductors, electronic and photonic devices, and nanostructures. Topics covered include crystal lattices and the  reciprocal lattice; electron states and energy bands in solids; metals, insulators, and semiconductors;  lattice dynamics and phonons; electron statistics and dynamics in energy bands; effective mass theorem; electron scattering; electron transport and Boltzmann equation; electron-photon interaction in energy bands; optical interband and intraband processes; semiconductor heterostructures; electron states in zero, one, and two dimensional nanostructures; quantum wells, wires, and dots; quantum transport in nanostructures.

Lecturer

Professor Farhan Rana
316 Phillips Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853
Tel: 607-255-6317       Fax: 607-245-3508
Email: farhan.rana at cornell.edu