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INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE / FİZ544 - PHYSICS (MASTER'S DEGREE)

Code: FİZ544 Course Title: OPTICAL CHARACTERIZATION TECHNIQUES IN SEMICONDUCTORS 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)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
Teaching of semiconductor optical characterization method

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 learning of semiconductor optical characterization method 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
PO-4 Develop a new scientific method in the field or apply a known method to a different problem.
 		Examination
Presentation
Term Paper
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
What is the optical characterization, Optical theory for semiconductor characterization, Optical physics of semiconductors, Measurement Methods, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, photoluminescence spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 What is the optical characterization? Explanation, Question- Answer
2 What is the optical characterization Optical theory for semiconductor characterization Explanation, Question- Answer
3 Optical physics of semiconductors Explanation, Question- Answer
4 Characterization methods Explanation, Question- Answer
5 Photoluminescence characterization Explanation, Question- Answer
6 Band emission and impurity emission Explanation, Question- Answer
7 Optical and infrared characterization Explanation, Question- Answer
8 mid-term exam
9 Bandgap absorption, Phonons and lattice properties Explanation, Question- Answer
10 Impurities, Free carrier: Electronic properties Explanation, Question- Answer
11 Raman characterization Explanation, Question- Answer
12 Phonons and lattice properties, free carriers: electronic properties Explanation, Question- Answer
13 Impurities, surfaces, interfaces and microstructures Explanation, Question- Answer
14 Comparison and selection among the methods Explanation, Question- Answer
15 The Future of optical characterization Explanation, Question- Answer
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Optical Characterization of Semiconductors:Infrared, Raman, and Photoluminescence Spectroscopy, Sidney Perkowitz
2 Optical Processes in Semiconductors, Jacques I. Pankove
3 Optical Materials, Joseph H. Simmons and Kelly S. Potter
Required Course instruments and materials
Optical Characterization of Semiconductors:Infrared, Raman, and Photoluminescence Spectroscopy, Sidney Perkowitz, Optical Processes in Semiconductors, Jacques I. Pankove, Optical Materials, Joseph H. Simmons and Kelly S. Potter.

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