13D061MN - Modeling of Nanostructures

Course specification
Course title		Modeling of Nanostructures
Acronym		13D061MN
Study programme		Electrical Engineering and Computing
Module		Nanoelectronics and Photonics
Type of study		doctoral studies
Lecturer (for classes)		professor PhD Milan Tadić
Lecturer/Associate (for practice)
Lecturer/Associate (for OTC)
ESPB		9.0	Status	elective
Condition		none
The goal		Gaining knowledge in models of electronic structure, transport, and optical properties of nanostructures (semiconductor quantum wells, nanowires, nanodots, and graphene nanostructures).
The outcome		Developing skills to produce software for nanostructure modeling.
Contents
Contents of lectures		Multiband k.p models. Tight-binding method. Pseudopotential theory. Density functional theory. Models of mechanical strain in nanostructures. Models of excitons, trions, and biexcitons in nanostructures. Non-equilibrium Green’s function method. Models of non-linear optical effects in nanostructures. Application of the finite element method and nextnano, ABINIT, and COMSOL program packages.
Contents of exercises
Literature
Y. V. Nazarov and Y. M. Blanter, "Quantum Transport: Introduction to Nanoscience", Cambridge University Press, 2009. L. Ramdas, Ram-Mohan, "Finite element and boundary element applications in quantum mechanics", Oxford University Press, 2002 J. H, Davies, "The physics of low-dimensional structures", Cambridge University Press, 1997. R. M. Martin, "Electronic structure: Basic theory and practical methods", Cambridge University Press, 2004. C. Delerue, M. Lannoo, "Nanostructures: Theory and Modelling", Springer, 2006.
Number of hours per week during the semester/trimester/year
Lectures	Exercises	OTC	Study and Research	Other classes
6
Methods of teaching		lectures
Knowledge score (maximum points 100)
Pre obligations		Points	Final exam	Points
Activites during lectures		0	Test paper	70
Practical lessons		0	Oral examination	0
Projects
Colloquia		30
Seminars		0