Course detail

Epitaxial Materials for Electronics and Photonics

CEITEC VUT-DS117Acad. year: 2020/2021

This lecture will build up competence regarding semiconductor-based electronic, optoelectronic and photonic devices. We will address physical and technological aspects of semiconductor materials and the epitaxial growth of heterostructures and nanostructures. Finally, we will discuss device applications like high-electron mobility transistors, diode lasers, vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers and quantum cascade lasers for the mid-infrared and terahertz region.

Language of instruction

English

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Dr.techn. Ing. Hermann Detz

Department

Central European Institute of Technology BUT (CEITEC VUT)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Not applicable.

Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

oral exam

Course curriculum

• Basics of Semiconductor Physics
• Relevant Materials (doping, alloying, lattice-matching, strain-engineering)
• Epitaxial Growth Processes (growth kinetics, limitations)
• Molecular Beam Epitaxy and Ultra-High Vacuum Technology (requirements, system components, case studies)
• Metal-Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (requirements, components, case studies)
• In-situ and ex-situ diagnostics (RHEED, residual gas analysis, microscopy, X-ray diffraction)
• Epitaxial Growth of Self-Assembled Nanostructures (quantum dots, nanowires, positioning, heterostructure growth)
• Device Applications of Semiconductor Heterostructures (HEMTs, diode lasers, VCSELs, QCLs)

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Not applicable.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Not applicable.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Not applicable.

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme STIAMN Doctoral

    branch AM , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
    branch ANTMT , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional