Quantum physics of devices and sensors

Description

Short description :

You will learn key basic concepts of quantum electronic transport relevant for understanding electronic devices and sensors based on semiconductor and quantum materials. You will study how engineering quantum materials & structures at the nanoscale enables novel electronic properties for a wide variety of engineering applications. You will get skilled in anticipating the relationship between basic science and information technology applications.

Syllabus

Key topics :

• Field Effect Transistors (MOSFET, Ballistic FET , diffusive regime, quantum wire FET)

• Quantum currents & circuit elements (Quantum waveguide, Quantized conductance, Quantum currents, Quantum capacitance)

• Quantum well & tunneling device (tunnel transport, tunnel junction, from quantum well to negative differential resistance…).

• Single electron Quantum devices (Coulomb blockade, RC quantum model, single electron memory, single electron transistor)

• Quantum magneto-transport in 2D electron gas (Landau levels, Edges modes and Quantum channels, Integer Quantum Hall effect)

• Magneto-transport in Exotic Quantum Materials (Berry phase concept, Quantum Hall effect, Topological insulators, Quantum Anomalous Hall effect…)

• Atomic clocks

• Inertial sensors based on atom interferometry

• Magnetometers based on color centers in diamond

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