PHYS 525 Spring 2024
PHYS 525 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Survey of Fundamental Device Physics
Topics covered
Unit 1: Semiconductor physics (3 weeks)
- Band structure
- PN junctions and diodes
- Optoelectronic devices
- Transistors, CMOS
- Logic gates, memory circuits, speed, power consumption
Unit 2: Electrodynamics (2 weeks)
- Transmission lines, characteristic impedance
- Dipole radiation
- Antennas, radiation resistance, gain, reciprocity
- Cerenkov radiation
Unit 3: Continuum mechanics and acoustics (2 weeks)
- Sound in fluids, pressure, velocity, acoustic impedance
- Sound in solids, piezoelectrics, quartz crystals
- Stress and strain, seismology
- Medical ultrasound
Unit 4: Laser physics (1 week)
- General principles of stimulated emission and amplification;
- Laser phenomenology;
- Practical applications.
Unit 5: Magnetic fields (2 weeks)
- Maxwell's equations and magnetic materials;
- Hall effect;
- Magnetic braking;
- Superferric magnet applications;
- Magnetic shielding.
Unit 6: Superconductivity and cryogenics (3 weeks)
- Review of Superconductivity as an important physics phenomenon
- Summary of quantum mechanics
- Basic phenomenology of superconductors
- Introduction into superconducting devices
- SQUID as the most sensitive sensor of magnetic fields. Biological and brain sending
- Superconducting qubits
Slides: Lecture 1, Lecture 2, Lecture 3, Lecture 4, Lecture 5, Lecture 6
Unit 7: Fluid Dynamics (1.5 week)
- Newtonian fluid dynamics and the Navier-Stokes equation;
- Flow rates vs. pressure, geometry, viscosity;
- Turbulence.