ESC 310 Solid-State Materials
Crystal structures, symmetry and imperfections. Bonds and energy levels in metals and semiconductors, doping, carrier distributions, homojunctions and heterojunctions, photons and phonons. Thermal, electrical and optical processes in semiconductors and other solid-state materials. Introduction to thin-films, surface structures, manufacture methods.
Prerequisites: PH214 (Optics & Modern Physics), EE120 (Principles of Electrical Engineering) or EE141 (Electronic Devices & Circuits I).
3 credits.
[Engineering Science (interdisciplinary); 3 lecture hours per week for 15
weeks]