Werner Wegscheider: Catalogue data in Autumn Semester 2018 |
| Name | Prof. Dr. Werner Wegscheider |
| Field | Sold State Physics |
| Address | Laboratorium für Festkörperphysik ETH Zürich, HPF E 7 Otto-Stern-Weg 1 8093 Zürich SWITZERLAND |
| Telephone | +41 44 633 77 40 |
| werner.wegscheider@phys.ethz.ch | |
| URL | https://mbe.ethz.ch |
| Department | Physics |
| Relationship | Full Professor |
| Number | Title | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 402-0033-10L | Physics I | 6 credits | 4V + 2U | W. Wegscheider | |
| Abstract | This is a two-semester course introducing students into the foundations of Modern Physics. Topics include electricity and magnetism, light, waves, quantum physics, solid state physics, and semiconductors. Selected topics with important applications in industry will also be considered. | ||||
| Learning objective | The lecture is intended to promote critical, scientific thinking. Key concepts of Physics will be acquired, with a focus on technically relevant applications. At the end of the two semesters, students will have a good overview over the topics of classical and modern Physics. | ||||
| Content | Electric and magnetic fields, current, magnetism, Maxwell's equations, concept of light, classical optics, waves. | ||||
| Lecture notes | Notes from lectures will be available (in German). | ||||
| Literature | Friedhelm Kuypers Physik fuer Ingenieure und Naturwissenschaftler Band 2: Elektrizitaet, Optik, Wellen, 2012, 436 Seiten, ca. 25 Euro. Paul A. Tipler, Gene Mosca, Michael Basler und Renate Dohmen Physik für Wissenschaftler und Ingenieure Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, 2009, 1636 Seiten, ca. 80 Euro. | ||||
| 402-0101-00L | The Zurich Physics Colloquium  | 0 credits | 1K | R. Renner, G. Aeppli, C. Anastasiou, G. Blatter, S. Cantalupo, C. Degen, G. Dissertori, K. Ensslin, T. Esslinger, J. Faist, M. Gaberdiel, T. K. Gehrmann, G. M. Graf, R. Grange, J. Home, S. Huber, A. Imamoglu, P. Jetzer, S. Johnson, U. Keller, K. S. Kirch, S. Lilly, L. M. Mayer, J. Mesot, B. Moore, D. Pescia, A. Refregier, A. Rubbia, T. C. Schulthess, M. Sigrist, A. Vaterlaus, R. Wallny, A. Wallraff, W. Wegscheider, A. Zheludev, O. Zilberberg | |
| Abstract | Research colloquium | ||||
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| 402-0317-00L | Semiconductor Materials: Fundamentals and Fabrication | 6 credits | 2V + 1U | S. Schön, W. Wegscheider | |
| Abstract | This course gives an introduction into the fundamentals of semiconductor materials. The main focus is on state-of-the-art fabrication and characterization methods. The course will be continued in the spring term with a focus on applications. | ||||
| Learning objective | Basic knowledge of semiconductor physics and technology. Application of this knowledge for state-of-the-art semiconductor device processing | ||||
| Content | 1. Fundamentals of Solid State Physics 1.1 Semiconductor materials 1.2 Band structures 1.3 Carrier statistics in intrinsic and doped semiconductors 1.4 p-n junctions 1.5 Low-dimensional structures 2. Bulk Material growth of Semiconductors 2.1 Czochalski method 2.2 Floating zone method 2.3 High pressure synthesis 3. Semiconductor Epitaxy 3.1 Fundamentals of Epitaxy 3.2 Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE) 3.3 Metal-Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) 3.4 Liquid Phase Epitaxy (LPE) 4. In situ characterization 4.1 Pressure and temperature 4.2 Reflectometry 4.3 Ellipsometry and RAS 4.4 LEED, AES, XPS 4.5 STM, AFM 5. The invention of the transistor - Christmas lecture | ||||
| Lecture notes | https://moodle-app2.let.ethz.ch/course/view.php?id=4865 | ||||
| Prerequisites / Notice | The "compulsory performance element" of this lecture is a short presentation of a research paper complementing the lecture topics. Several topics and corresponding papers will be offered on the moodle page of this lecture. | ||||