PH8252 Physics for Information Science Syllabus:

PH8252 Physics for Information Science Syllabus – Anna University Regulation 2017

OBJECTIVES:

• To understand the essential principles of Physics of semiconductor device and Electron transport properties. Become proficient in magnetic and optical properties of materials and Nano-electronic devices.

UNIT I ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS

Classical free electron theory — Expression for electrical conductivity — Thermal conductivity, expression — Wiedemann-Franz law — Success and failures — electrons in metals — Particle in a three dimensional box — degenerate states — Fermi- Dirac statistics — Density of energy states — Electron in periodic potential — Energy bands in solids — tight binding approximation — Electron effective mass — concept of hole.

UNIT II SEMICONDUCTOR PHYSICS

Intrinsic Semiconductors — Energy band diagram — direct and indirect band gap semiconductors — Carrier concentration in intrinsic semiconductors — extrinsic semiconductors — Carrier concentration in N-type & P-type semiconductors — Variation of carrier concentration with temperature — variation of Fermi level with temperature and impurity concentration — Carrier transport in Semiconductor: random motion, drift, mobility and diffusion — Hall effect and devices — Ohmic contacts — Schottky diode.

UNIT III MAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS

Magnetic dipole moment — atomic magnetic moments- magnetic permeability and susceptibility — Magnetic material classification: diamagnetism — paramagnetism — ferromagnetism — antiferromagnetism — ferrimagnetism — Ferromagnetism: origin and exchange interaction- saturation magnetization and Curie temperature — Domain Theory- M versus H behaviour — Hard and soft magnetic materials — examples and uses— Magnetic principle in computer data storage — Magnetic hard disc (GMR sensor).

UNIT IV OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS

Classification of optical materials — carrier generation and recombination processes — Absorption emission and scattering of light in metals, insulators and semiconductors (concepts only) — photo current in a P-N diode — solar cell — LED — Organic LED — Laser diodes — Optical data storage techniques.

UNIT V NANO DEVICES

Electron density in bulk material — Size dependence of Fermi energy — Quantum confinement — Quantum structures — Density of states in quantum well, quantum wire and quantum dot structure — Band gap of nanomaterials — Tunneling: single electron phenomena and single electron transistor — Quantum dot laser. Conductivity of metallic nanowires — Ballistic transport — Quantum resistance and conductance — Carbon nanotubes: Properties and applications.

TEXT BOOKS:

1. Jasprit Singh, Semiconductor Devices: Basic Principles, Wiley 2012.

2. Kasap, S.O. Principles of Electronic Materials and Devices, McGraw-Hill Education, 2007.

3. Kittel, C. Introduction to Solid State Physics. Wiley, 2005.

REFERENCES:

1. Garcia, N. and Damask, A. Physics for Computer Science Students. Springer-Verlag, 2012.

2. Hanson, G.W. Fundamentals of Nanoelectronics. Pearson Education, 2009.

3. Rogers, B., Adams, J. and Pennathur, S. Nanotechnology: Understanding Small Systems. CRC Press, 2014.