Unit DEVICE PHYSICS

Course
Physics
Study-unit Code
A001120
Location
PERUGIA
Curriculum
Fisica della materia
Teacher
Luca Gammaitoni
Teachers
  • Luca Gammaitoni
Hours
  • 42 ore - Luca Gammaitoni
CFU
6
Course Regulation
Coorte 2022
Offered
2022/23
Learning activities
Affine/integrativa
Area
Attività formative affini o integrative
Academic discipline
FIS/03
Type of study-unit
Opzionale (Optional)
Type of learning activities
Attività formativa monodisciplinare
Language of instruction
Italian
Contents
- Introduction to device physics
- Semiconductor devices
- Heterostructures
- Quantum Technologies
- Laser
- Superconductivity
- Devices operated in the presence of large fluctuations
Reference texts
- Nanotechnology for Microelectronics and Optoelectronics, 2006, p.301. J.M. Martínez-Duart et al.
- Quantum wells, wires and dots, 2007, P. Harrison, Wiley
- Quantum transport: atom to transistor, 2005, S. Datta. Cambridge
Educational objectives
To grasp the basic elements of the physics behind the functioning of nanotechnology devices.
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of condensed matter physics and quantum mechanics.
Teaching methods
Frontal lecture
Other information
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Learning verification modality
Colloquium
Extended program
English program:

- Introduction to device physics
- Semiconductor devices
- short review of solid state and semiconductor physics.
- electrons in nanostructures: semiconductor heterojunctions, quantum wells, superlattices, etc.
- transport and optical properties of nanostructures.
- advanced semiconductor devices based on nanostructures. Transistors and lasers.
- Superconductivity
- Quantum Technologies:
quantum computing,
quantum criptography,
topological properties
- Devices operated in the presence of large fluctuations
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