ECE 4070

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ECE 4070
Physics of Semiconductors and Nanostructures

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

Covers basic solid state and semiconductor physics relevant for understanding electronic and optical devices. Topics include crystalline structures, bonding in atoms and solids, energy bands in solids, electron statistics and dynamics in energy bands, effective mass equation, carrier transport in solids, Boltzmann transport equation, semiconductor homo- and hetero-junctions, optical processes in semiconductors, electronic and optical properties of semiconductor nanostructures, semiconductor quantum wells, wires, and dots, electron transport in reduced dimensions, semiconductor lasers and optoelectronics, high-frequency response of electrons in solids and plasmons.


Prerequisites ECE 4060.

Last 1 Terms Offered 2025SP

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ECE 5350

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 12602 ECE 4070   LEC 001

  •  
    • MWF Bard Hall 140
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Jena, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 12603 ECE 4070   DIS 201

  •  
    • M Bard Hall 140
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Jena, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person