ECE 434
Electrical and Optical Properties of Materials
Fall
Required Course:
No
Course Level
Undergraduate
Units
3
Course Texts
Simmons, J., and K. Potter. Optical Materials. Academic Press, 2000.
Schedule
150 minutes lecture per week
Course Description
Properties of semiconducting materials as related to crystal structure, interatomic bonding and defect structures.
Also offered as MSE 434 and OPTI 434.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course the student will be able to classify optical properties and electrical properties of materials according to material type, structure and physical properties.
Course Topics
Waves and wave propagation waves
- Electromagnetic spectrum
- Wave propagation
- Dispersion and material polarizability
- Kramers-Kronig relations
- Phonons
- Measurement techniques
Conductors
- Drude model
- Band structure
- Coloration
- Measurement techniques
Insulators
- Harmonic oscillator
- Schroedinger wave equation
- Refractive index and dispersion
- Reflection and transmission
- Attenuation and scattering
- Measurement techniques
Special topics and thin-film optics
Semiconductors
- Free-electron models
- Band structure
- Impurities
- Optical response
- Measurement techniques
Relationship to Student Outcomes
ECE/MSE 434 contributes directly to the following specific electrical and computer engineering student outcomes of the ECE department:
- Ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science and engineering (high)
- Ability to function on multidisciplinary teams (high)
- Ability to identify, formulate and solve engineering problems (high)
- Ability to communicate effectively (medium)
- Recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in, life-long learning (low)
- Ability to use the techniques, skills and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice (low)
Syllabus Prepared By
Kelly Potter, 03/23/16