Physics of Nanoscale Devices - I

Bhaskaran Muralidharan
Department of EE, IITB
17/07/2017
 Logistics
ATTENDANCE 80% REQUIRED BY LAW!!

Quizzes /Assignments --- 25%

Attendance and class participation ---5%
Mid-semester exam 25%
End-semester exam (comprehensive) --- 45 %
 Basic Syllabus
Part I: Basics of Quantum Mechanics
(i) Basic Quantum Mechanics
(ii) Time independent Schrdinger equation
a) Stationary states,
b) Particle in a box
c) Harmonic oscillator
d) barriers
(iii) Hilbert space and Dirac notation
(iv) Hydrogen atom
(v) Two-state systems

Part II: Applications of Quantum Mechanics

(i) Time independent perturbation theory
(ii) WKB approximation
(iii) Time-dependent perturbation theory and basics of scattering rates
(iv) Advanced topics: Adiabatic approximation, Berry phase

Part III: Quantum Statistical Mechanics

(i) Microcanonical, canonical and grand canonical emsembles
(ii) Quantum statistical mechanics Fermi, Bose and Maxwell distributions
(iii) Connections with laws of thermodynamics and law of equilibrium

Part IV: Connnecting with modern nanoelectronic devices

(i) Quantum theory of modern nano devices
(ii) Blochs theorem, bandstructure, confinement effects and quantum devices