Overview of the semiconductor materials properties.

23 Setembro 2019, 15:00 • José Figueiredo

Carrier concentration. Conductivity of intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors. Temperature effects. Degenerate (heavily) doped semiconductors.

(Biblio: chapters 3-5 of Electronic, Magnetic, and Optical Materials, Second Edition, Pradeep Fulay and Jung-Kun Lee, CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group 2017.)

Overview of the semiconductor materials properties

23 Setembro 2019, 14:00 • José Figueiredo

Direct and indirect gap semiconductors. Absorption coefficient. Extrinsic semiconductors. Fermi levels in intrinsic semiconductors. Fermi levels in n-type and in p-type semiconductors. Fermi position and Fermi Dirac distribution.
(Biblio: chapters 3-5 of Electronic, Magnetic, and Optical Materials, Second Edition, Pradeep Fulay and Jung-Kun Lee, CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group 2017.)

Overview of the semiconductor materials properties.

18 Setembro 2019, 14:30 • José Figueiredo

Basic discussion of the principles of operation of pn junction, laser diodes, ohmic contacts, and Schottky contacts.
(Biblio: chapters 3-5 of Electronic, Magnetic, and Optical Materials, Second Edition, Pradeep Fulay and Jung-Kun Lee, CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group 2017.)

Overview of the semiconductor materials properties.

18 Setembro 2019, 13:30 • José Figueiredo

Intrinsic semiconductors. Band structure. Direct and indirect gap semiconductors. Absorption and emission of radiation. Examples: silicon and gallium arsenide. Examples of semiconductor devices - pn diode, laser diode - structure and basic principle of operation.

(Biblio: chapters 3-5 of Electronic, Magnetic, and Optical Materials, Second Edition, Pradeep Fulay and Jung-Kun Lee, CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group 2017.)

Brief introduction to optoelectronics and photonics.

16 Setembro 2019, 15:00 • José Figueiredo

Brief overview of the current status and future trends of photonics and optoelectronics industry.