Photonic Semiconductors R4a
Courses
Content
- Numerical methods in problems of electromagnetic field theory: transfer matrix method (TMM), finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method, and finite-element methods (FEM)
Learning outcomes
- Knowledge of various numerical methods for solution of Maxwell's equations in time and frequency domains by applying different methods
Details
- Lecturer: Jost Adam and team
- Teaching method: lecture and exercises
- SWS: 3
- Credit points: 5
- Offered in: summer
- Examination: oral exam (30 minutes)
- Course identifier: N.N.
Content
- Numerical methods in problems of electromagnetic field theory: transfer matrix method (TMM), finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method, and finite-element methods (FEM)
Learning outcomes
- Knowledge of various numerical methods for solution of Maxwell's equations in time and frequency domains by applying different methods
Details
- Lecturer: Jost Adam and team
- Teaching method: lab training
- SWS: 2
- Credit points: 2
- Offered in: summer
- Examination: lab training attendance, and conductance of experiments
- Course identifier: N.N.
Content
- Introduction to semiconductors, quantum mechanics, numerical modeling, the pn diode, the transistor, the LED, the photovoltaic cell, nanostructures in device modeling
- Electromagnetic field theory, electromagnetic waves, transmission line, time-dependent boundary value problems, metallic waveguides and resonators, periodic structures and coupled modes, dispersive and anisotropic media, electromagnetic source fields
Learning outcomes
- Introduction to the principles of semiconductor devices
- Understanding and analyzing the basic theory and the models that describe the characteristics of semiconductor devices
- Understanding the impact of nanoscience on the latest device concepts (nanowires, monolayers)
Details
- Lecturer: Jost Adam and team
- Teaching method: lecture and exercises
- SWS: 3
- Credit points: 5
- Offered in: summer
- Examination: oral exam (30 minutes)
- Course identifier: FB16-2531