Sumários

T6 - 1d conductivity

11 Março 2024, 17:30 Maria Margarida Cruz

1d electrical conduction in mesoscopic system. Ballistic transport. 
Confinement in a gas d=2 ("Quantum point contact").
Landauer formula for non-reflecting contacts. Contact resistance. Contribution of one or more sub-bands. Coherent transport through a one-dimensional conductor with a scattering center. Associated resistance.


T5 - Boltzmann equation

11 Março 2024, 15:00 Maria Margarida Cruz

The diffusive electrical transport in different dimensions.
Einstein relations between mobility and diffusion constant.


T4 - Diffusive transport

4 Março 2024, 17:30 Maria Margarida Cruz

Electrical transport. Approximation of relaxation time and diffusive transport. 
Transport on a two-dimensional conductor. 
Relaxation of confinement in a two-dimensional gas and transition to a three-dimensional gas.
The Boltzmann equation for transport.


T3 - Semiconductor materials

4 Março 2024, 15:00 Maria Margarida Cruz

Pure semiconductors and doped semiconductors. The tight binding approach for electronic states in semiconductors. 
Transport by electronic states. Contribution to the transport of a filled band. 
Electrical transport in macroscopic materials using semi-classical model.



T2 - Solid State Overview

26 Fevereiro 2024, 17:30 Maria Margarida Cruz

Revisiting some important concepts in Solid State Physics 1

Electronic structure of materials and energy bands in a solid. The free and nearly-free electron model for describing electrons in a metal. The density of states in 3d and 2d. Classification of materials into conductors, insulators and semiconductors and relationship with their electronic structure. 
Electrons and holes..