Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue

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INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE / FİZ528 - PHYSICS (MASTER'S DEGREE)

Code: FİZ528 Course Title: OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF SEMICONDUCTORS II Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 6
Year/Semester of Study 1 / Spring 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
The main purpose of this course the basic concepts of matter and electromagnetic response is to provide students with a clear and logical presentation.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 to be able to learn the interband transitions in semiconductors PO-1 Develop, enhance and deepen and obtain creative original definitions by combining current knowledge of the field and critical thinking and research based upon M. Sc. program skill and outcomes
 		Examination
Presentation
Term Paper
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Optical absorption and reflectance, the free carrier magneto-optical effects, Radiation and radiation-free Transitions, Semiconductors, luminescence, and evoked release via light generation, photoconductivity, photoconductor materials and mechanisms, photoconductivity effect, Photoelectronic emission, Electroluminescence, Photovoltaic effect, Phonons optical properties, IR absorption, Raman and Brillouin scattering, Superconductivity, Reflection, Modulation spectroscopy to determine the band structure, Optical properties of semiconductor surfaces.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Optical absorption and reflectance Explanation, Question-Answer
2 The free carrier magneto-optical effects, radiation and radiation-free transitions. Explanation, Question-Answer
3 Semiconductors, luminescence, and evoked release via light generation, photoconductivity. Explanation, Question-Answer
4 Photoconductor materials and mechanisms. Explanation, Question-Answer
5 Photoconductivity effect Explanation, Question-Answer
6 Photo-electronic emission Explanation, Question-Answer
7 Electroluminescence Explanation, Question-Answer
8 mid-term exam
9 Photo-voltaic effect Explanation, Question-Answer
10 Phonons optical properties Explanation, Question-Answer
11 IR absorption Explanation, Question-Answer
12 Raman and Brillouin scattering Explanation, Question-Answer
13 Superconductivity Explanation, Question-Answer
14 Reflection modulation spectroscope to determine the band structure Explanation, Question-Answer
15 Optical properties of semiconductor surfaces Explanation, Question-Answer
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 M.Balkanskı and R.F. Walls, Semiconductor Physics and aplications,OXFORD University press
2 Junhao Chu and Arden Sher, Physics and proporties of narrow gap semiconductors, Springer
3 John P. McKelvey, Solid State and Semiconductor Physics
4 Jacques I. Pankove, Optical Processes in Semiconductors
Required Course instruments and materials
M.Balkansk? and R.F. Walls, Semiconductor Physics and aplications,OXFORD University press Junhao Chu and Arden Sher, Physics and proporties of narrow gap semiconductors, Springer 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 14 42
Outside Class
       a) Reading 1 14 14
       b) Search in internet/Library 2 14 28
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 2 14 28
       e) Term paper/Project 2 14 28
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