Syllabus
A. Materials
Semiconductor band structure and related properties
Narrow and wide bandgap materials for infrared, visible, x-ray and gamma ray applications(Si, Ge, GaAs, CdTe/CdZnTe, SiC, GaN, perovskites. Generaly semiconductors from group IV, III-V, II-VI, II-IV).
Non-semiconducor materials: Saphire, fulerenes
Single crystal preparation. Crystal growth from the melt, Liquid phase epitaxy (LPE), Vapor phase epitaxy (VPE), molecular beam epitaxy (MOCVD, MBE).
Wafer procesing (Lithography, e-beam, implantation).
B. Vacuum techniques
C. Characterization technics
SEM, SIMS, STM, AFM, GDMS, EDS and other
D. Applications
Light sources, solar cells, radiation detectors
Annotation
Semiconductor materials and electronic devices for optoelectronic applications in the infrared, visible, X-ray and gamma regions of the spectrum. Growth of single crystals, wafer processing, preparation of electronic structures.
Characterization techniques. Vacuum technology. Applications (light sources, radiation detectors, solar cells, special optoelectronics).