Physics

Lesson Plan
Name of the Faculty : Rinki
Discipline : B.TECH (Civil)
Semester : 1st
Subject : PHYSICS,     Course Code: BSC 101D
Lesson Plan Duration : 15 Weeks (from August, 2018 to December, 2018)
Work Load (Lecture/ Practical) per week (in hours) : Lecure-03, Tutorial-01, Practical-03
week Theory
Lecture Day Topic(including Tutorial/Assignment/Test)
1 I Unit 1: Electronic materials Free electron theory
II Density of states and energy band diagrams
III Continue topic.
T Revision of above topics.
2 I  Kronig-Penny model (to introduce origin of band gap)
II Continue last topic.
III Energy bands in solids
T Revision of above topics./Assignment: Kronig-Penny model
3 I E-k diagram, Direct and  indirect  bandgaps
II Types  of  electronic  materials:  metals,  semiconductors,  and
insulators
III Continue last topic.
T Test: E-k diagram, Direct and  indirect  bandgaps
4 I Density of states,
II Occupation probability,Fermi  level
III Effective  mass, Phonons
T Revision of previous topics.
5 I Unit 2: Semiconductors Intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors
II Dependence  of  Fermi  level  on  carrier-concentration and temperature (equilibrium carrier statistics),
III Continue last topic.
T Revision of above topics.
6 I Carrier generation and recombination
II  Carrier   transport:   diffusion   and   drift,   p-n   junction
III Continue last topic.
T Revision of above topics./Assignment:Carrier generation and recombination,Carrier   transport:   diffusion   and   drift,   p-n   junction
7 I Metal-semiconductor  junction  (Ohmic  and  Schottky),
II Continue last topic.
III Test:  Metal-semiconductor  junction
T Revision of previous topics.
8 I Semiconductor  materials  of  interest for optoelectronic devices.
II Unit 3: Light-semiconductor interaction Opticaltransitions  in  bulk  semiconductors:  absorption,  spontaneous emission,and stimulated emission
III Continue last topic.
T Revision of previous topics.
9 I Joint density of states, Density of states for photons
II Continue last topic.
III Transition rates (Fermi's golden rule)
T Revision of above topics./Assignment :Fermi's golden rule
10 I  Optical loss and gain; Photovoltaic effect
II Continue last topic.
IIII Exciton, Drude model
T Test:  Optical loss and gain; Photovoltaic effect.
11 I Unit 4: Measurements Four-point probe
II van der Pauw measurements for carrier density
III Continue last topic.
T Revision of previous topics.
12 I resistivity, and hall  mobility
II Hot-point  probe  measurement
III capacitance-voltage  measurements
T Revision of previous topics./Assignment :van der Pauw measurements for carrier density, resistivity, and hall  mobility
13 I parameter  extraction  from  diode  I-V  characteristics
II  DLTS
III band  gap  by  UV-Vis spectroscopy
T Test: Measurements .
14 I  absorption/transmission.
II Unit 5: Engineering semiconductor materials Density of states in 2D, 1d and 0D (qualitatively).
III Practical  examples  of  low-dimensional systems such as quantum wells, wires, and dots
T Revision of previous topics./Assignment :Density of states in 2D, 1d and 0D
15 I design, fabrication, and
characterization techniques.
II Continue last topic.
III Heterojunctions and associated band-diagrams
T Test:design, fabrication, and characterization techniques.