Infotech Oulu Graduate School

Nanoelectronics and photonics

Lecturer: Professor László Nanai, University of Szeged, Hungary

Date & time:

6th May, 2009 (Wed) 11-14,
7th May (Thu) 9-12 and
8th May (Fri) 12-15

Room: TS 3110

Credits: 4 points (to be approved) after passing written exam

Course material: Will be delivered at the lectures

Course outline

• Elements of solid state physics and optics (crystals, symmetries, phonon and electron subsystems, energy bands, density of states, Maxwell equations, photophysical indices, light-matter interaction, nonlinear optics).
• Quantum mechanics (quantum mechanical description of physical events, equation of state, wave function. Probabilistic characters of physical values, Heisenberg principle, statistics (Bose–Einstein, Fermi–Dirac, Maxwell–Boltzmann), de Broglie waves, interferences).
• Nanophysics. Physics on scale of 0,5-100 nm. Properties of 3D, 2D, 1D systems and quantum dots. Density of states and electrical properties (gaps). Elements of nanoelectronics SETs.
• Nanophotonics. Electrodynamics on scale of lambda > 0 and lambda < 0 characteristics measures of particles Photonic bandgap, Propagation of electromagnetic waves in photonic crystals.
• Surface effects. Generation and registration of surface plasma waves and polarons. Dielectric properties of surface core waveguides.
• Physic of CNTS and graphenes. Linear gapes and massless Dirac fermions. High mobility and room temperature ballistic transports in graphene based equipments.
• Spintronics and GMR. Physics of 2 state spin based quantum systems. Giant magnetic resistance (GMR) and potential applications.
• THz technology and meta materials. Physics of THz region of frequencies. Negative index materials (NIM). THz sources and detectors. Applications for explosives.
• Devices for sensors with ultra high sensitivity for optics telecommunications and biology. Applications devoted for post silicon world (fast electronic substrates, quantum computing). Military applications.

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