Charge Transport in Nanostructures, Fall 2008, Spring 2010, Spring 2011

Posted August 1, 2008
Class Meeting: TR 09:00-10:15AM
OSU- Tulsa:
ECEN 5060.803, NH 209
Office hour: T 10:30am-12:30pm
 
OSU- Stillwater:
ECEN 5060.802, CLB 106B
Technology based class-taught via compressed video at OSU-Tulsa
 
Instructor: Dr. Daryoosh Vashaee
Contact: (918) 459-8017; daryoosh.vashaee@okstate.edu
 
Text:
            S Datta, Quantum Transport, Atom to transistor, Cambridge University Press, 2005.
 
Audience:
  • This course is recommended to senior undergraduate and graduate students in the area of semiconductor nanostructures, as well as anyone interested in the physics of new ultra small devices.
 
Prerequisite:
             Basic Quantum Mechanics, Background in matrix algebra including familiarity with a mathematical software package such as MATLAB.
 
Grading Procedure:
 
            Homework: 30%, Midterm: 20%, Quiz: 10%, Final exam: 40%
 
            Please review the OSU Administrative Regulations and Student Policies as found in the OSU Catalog.
            Anyone who has any disability or need which requires special attention should make this known
            to both myself and the ECEN Department.
 
Course syllabus:
 
We will discuss the conceptual and mathematical framework of charge transport phenomena in nanostructures. In addition to quantum mechanics, this involves some of the most advanced concepts of non-equilibrium statistical mechanics, which are often spread out over many physics and chemistry courses. We will condense the essential concepts into a one semester course so that the students in engineering and applied sciences can use it in their research.
 
Course materials:
 
            Session 1-2
 
            Session 3
 
            Session 4
 
            Session 5
 
HW1 handed in class- due Thursday 9/18 in class
 
            Session 6
 
HW2 handed in class- due Thursday 9/25 in class
 
            Session 7
 
            Session 8
 
HW3 handed in class- due Thursday 10/9 in class
 
           Session 9
 
HW 4 handed in class- due Thursday 10/6 in class
 
           Session 10
 
Midterm on Wed Oct. 22
 
           Session 11
 
           Session 12
 
           Session 13
 
HW 5 handed in class- due Thursday 11/20 in class
 
           Session 14
 
HW 6 handed in class- due Thursday 12/01
 
           Session 15