Thomas Markus Ihn: Catalogue data in Autumn Semester 2020 |
| Name | Prof. Dr. Thomas Markus Ihn |
| Field | Experimentalphysik |
| Address | Laboratorium für Festkörperphysik ETH Zürich, HPF E 15.1 Otto-Stern-Weg 1 8093 Zürich SWITZERLAND |
| Telephone | +41 44 633 22 80 |
| Fax | +41 44 633 11 46 |
| ihn@phys.ethz.ch | |
| URL | https://nano.phys.ethz.ch/ |
| Department | Physics |
| Relationship | Adjunct Professor and Privatdozent |
| Number | Title | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 402-0073-00L | Physics I  | 3 credits | 2V + 1U | T. M. Ihn | |
| Abstract | Introduction to the concepts and tools in physics with the help of demonstration experiments: mechanics | ||||
| Objective | Students know and understand the basic ideas of the scientific description of nature. They understand the fundamental concepts and laws of mechanics and they are able to apply them in practical problems. | ||||
| Content | 1. Fundamental concepts of the natural sciences 2. Motion in one dimension 3. Motion in two and three dimensions 4. The laws of Newton 5. Application of Newton's laws 6. Work and energy 7. Conservation laws in systems of many particles | ||||
| Lecture notes | T. Ihn: Physics for Students in Biology and Pharmazeutical Sciences (unpublished lecture notes) | ||||
| Literature | The lecture contains elements of: Paul A. Tipler and Gene P. Mosca, "Physik für Wissenschaftler und Ingenieure", Springer Spektrum. Feynman, Leighton, Sands, "The Feynman Lectures on Physics", Volume I (http://www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu/) | ||||
| 402-0530-00L | Mesoscopic Systems | 0 credits | 1S | T. M. Ihn | |
| Abstract | Research colloquium | ||||
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| 402-0595-00L | Semiconductor Nanostructures | 6 credits | 2V + 1U | T. M. Ihn | |
| Abstract | The course covers the foundations of semiconductor nanostructures, e.g., materials, band structures, bandgap engineering and doping, field-effect transistors. The physics of the quantum Hall effect and of common nanostructures based on two-dimensional electron gases will be discussed, i.e., quantum point contacts, Aharonov-Bohm rings and quantum dots. | ||||
| Objective | At the end of the lecture the student should understand four key phenomena of electron transport in semiconductor nanostructures: 1. The integer quantum Hall effect 2. Conductance quantization in quantum point contacts 3. the Aharonov-Bohm effect 4. Coulomb blockade in quantum dots | ||||
| Content | 1. Introduction and overview 2. Semiconductor crystals: Fabrication and band structures 3. k.p-theory, effective mass 4. Envelope functions and effective mass approximation, heterostructures and band engineering 5. Fabrication of semiconductor nanostructures 6. Elektrostatics and quantum mechanics of semiconductor nanostructures 7. Heterostructures and two-dimensional electron gases 8. Drude Transport 9. Electron transport in quantum point contacts; Landauer-Büttiker description 10. Ballistic transport experiments 11. Interference effects in Aharonov-Bohm rings 12. Electron in a magnetic field, Shubnikov-de Haas effect 13. Integer quantum Hall effect 14. Coulomb blockade and quantum dots | ||||
| Lecture notes | T. Ihn, Semiconductor Nanostructures, Quantum States and Electronic Transport, Oxford University Press, 2010. | ||||
| Literature | In addition to the lecture notes, the following supplementary books can be recommended: 1. J. H. Davies: The Physics of Low-Dimensional Semiconductors, Cambridge University Press (1998) 2. S. Datta: Electronic Transport in Mesoscopic Systems, Cambridge University Press (1997) 3. D. Ferry: Transport in Nanostructures, Cambridge University Press (1997) 4. T. M. Heinzel: Mesoscopic Electronics in Solid State Nanostructures: an Introduction, Wiley-VCH (2003) 5. Beenakker, van Houten: Quantum Transport in Semiconductor Nanostructures, in: Semiconductor Heterostructures and Nanostructures, Academic Press (1991) 6. Y. Imry: Introduction to Mesoscopic Physics, Oxford University Press (1997) | ||||
| Prerequisites / Notice | The lecture is suitable for all physics students beyond the bachelor of science degree. Basic knowledge of solid state physics is a prerequisit. Very ambitioned students in the third year may be able to follow. The lecture can be chosen as part of the PhD-program. The course is taught in English. | ||||