EMSE314 (3): Electrical, Optical and Magnetic Properties of Materials
Description:
Materials science of electronic materials and their applications. Topics include: Crystallography of semiconductor materials. Classical and modern theories of electrons in metals. Quantum-mechanical behavior of electrons in solids. Band theory of solids. Boltzmann and Fermi-Dirac statistics. Electronic transport in intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors. Ohmic and rectifying junctions; diodes, solar cells, and thermoelectric devices. Types of magnetism; magnetic Curie temperature, domains, and hysteresis. Hard and soft magnetic materials and applications. Dielectric polarization of materials and its frequency dependence. Optical absorption. Optical fibers. Luminescence; phosphors. Prereq: PHYS 122 or PHYS 124.
Course Offering Plan: Annually (lastest in Fall 2007) Course Evaluations (Case network ID and password required) Syllabus (in pdf) |
