MATSCI199

Download as PDF

Electronic and Optical Properties of Solids

Materials Science and Engineering ENGR - School of Engineering

Course Description

The concepts of electronic energy bands and transports applied to metals, semiconductors, and insulators. The behavior of electronic and optical devices including p-n junctions, MOS-capacitors, MOSFETs, optical waveguides, quantum-well lasers, light amplifiers, and metallo-dielectric light guides. Emphasis is on relationships between structure and physical properties. Elementary quantum and statistical mechanics concepts are used. Prerequisite: MATSCI 195/205 or equivalent. Undergraduates register for 199 for 4 units; graduates register for 209 for 3 units.

Cross Listed Courses

Grading Basis

ROP - Letter or Credit/No Credit

Units

Min

Max

Course Repeatable for Degree Credit?

Components

Course Component

Lecture

Enrollment Optional?

This course has been approved for the following WAYS

Scientific Method and Analysis (SMA)

Does this course satisfy the University Language Requirement?

Programs

MATSCI199 is a completion requirement for: