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INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE / FİZ527 - PHYSICS (MASTER'S DEGREE)

Code: FİZ527 Course Title: OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF SEMICONDUCTORS I Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 6
Year/Semester of Study 1 / Fall Semester
Level of Course 2nd Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department PHYSICS (MASTER'S DEGREE)
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer SEZEN AKSÖZ (sezenaksoz@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s) SEZEN AKSÖZ,
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
To provide information about the optical properties and varieties of semiconductors.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Band structure, impurity states, and semiconductors can be discussed. PO-5 Research, understand, design, adopt and apply an original subject.
PO-9 Present their works and original ideas effectively in a scientific environment.
Examination
Term Paper
LO-2 May define the electrical conductivity, Hall effect and cyclotron resonance. PO-5 Research, understand, design, adopt and apply an original subject.
PO-9 Present their works and original ideas effectively in a scientific environment.
Examination
Term Paper
LO-3 May explain the diffusion, p-n junction and junction transistors PO-5 Research, understand, design, adopt and apply an original subject.
PO-9 Present their works and original ideas effectively in a scientific environment.
Examination
Presentation
Term Paper
LO-4 Knowledgeable about the types of semiconductors and optical properties. PO-2 Comprehend interdisciplinary interactions and relations relevant to physics; analyze, compose, synthesize and evaluate new and complex ideas and to obtain original results by using expertise knowledge of the field
Examination
Presentation
Term Paper
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Basic concepts, structure of solids, materials preparation, structure determination applications, the mechanical properties of materials, thermal properties.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Structure of band Explanation, Question-Answer
2 Pure states and semiconductor statistics Explanation, Question-Answer
3 Electrical conductivity Explanation, Question-Answer
4 Cyclotron resonant and Hall effect Explanation, Question-Answer
5 Luminescence, light propagation in solids Explanation, Question-Answer and Solving problems
6 The luminescence and photo-luminescence, electro-luminescence, semiconductor quantum wells Explanation, Question-Answer and Solving problems
7 Electronic level, optical absorption and excitons, quantum stark incident should organize. Explanation, Question-Answer and Solving problems
8 mid-term exam
9 Optical propagation Explanation, Question-Answer
10 Transitions between sub-bands, Bloch oscillators Explanation, Question-Answer and Solving problems
11 Quantum rods, free electrons Explanation, Question-Answer
12 The plasma reflection, the free carrier conductivity in metals Explanation, Question-Answer
13 Doped semiconductors Explanation, Question-Answer
14 Plasmons Explanation, Question-Answer
15 Luminescence centers, phonons. Explanation, Question-Answer
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 C. F. Klingshirn, Semiconductor Optics
2 M. Fox, Optical Properties of Solids.
3 John P. McKelvey, Solid State and Semiconductor Physics
4 Jacques I. Pankove, Optical Processes in Semiconductors
Required Course instruments and materials
C. F. Klingshirn, Semiconductor Optics. M. Fox, Optical Properties of Solids. John P. McKelvey, Solid State and Semiconductor Physics Jacques I. Pankove, Optical Processes in Semiconductors

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 8 2 40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 16 2 60

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 3 0 0
Outside Class
       a) Reading 2 14 28
       b) Search in internet/Library 2 14 28
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 3 14 42
       e) Term paper/Project 3 14 42
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 2 8 16
mid-term exam 2 1 2
Own study for final exam 2 14 28
final exam 2 1 2
0
0
Total work load; 188