Classes
 Current Courses :
  Recent Courses :
A listing of Classes taught by Dr. Harry Atwater. Click on the class name to get information regarding class details



Current Courses :

  • Applied Physics 183b : Device Physics (Spring 2009)
    APh/EE 183b is an introduction to the fundamentals of modern electronic and optoelectronic devices. Topics include pn junctions, bipolar transistors, field-effect transistors, magnetic devices, light-emitting diodes, lasers, detectors, solar cells, chemical sensors, and MEMS. Emphasis will be placed on nanostructures and nanofabrication techniques. Where appropriate, integration and systems-level issues will be included.


Recent Courses :

  • Applied Physics 114b : Solid State Physics (Winter 2009)
    APh 114b is an introductory lecture and problem course dealing with experimental and theoretical problems in solid-state physics. Topics for the year include crystal structure, symmetries in solids, lattice vibrations, electronic states in solids, transport phenomena, semiconductors, superconductivity, magnetism, ferroelectricity, defects, and optical phenomena in solids. APh114b focuses on electronic and optical properties of solids.
  • Applied Physics 183b : Device Physics (Winter 2008)
    APh/EE 183b is an introduction to the fundamentals of modern electronic and optoelectronic devices. Topics include pn junctions, bipolar transistors, field-effect transistors, magnetic devices, light-emitting diodes, lasers, detectors, solar cells, chemical sensors, and MEMS. Emphasis will be placed on nanostructures and nanofabrication techniques. Where appropriate, integration and systems-level issues will be included.
  • Applied Physics 183a : Device Physics (Fall 2007)
    APh/EE 183a is an introduction to the fundamentals of modern electronic and optoelectronic devices. Topics include pn junctions, bipolar transistors, field-effect transistors, magnetic devices, light-emitting diodes, lasers, detectors, solar cells, chemical sensors, and MEMS. Emphasis will be placed on nanostructures and nanofabrication techniques. Where appropriate, integration and systems-level issues will be included.
  • Applied Physics 150 : Physics and Chemistry of Renewable Energy (Spring 2007)
    APh 150 is an advanced introductory survey of the physics and chemistry of renewable energy. It is a lecture and problem course covering the physics and chemistry of petrochemical energy sources, electrochemical phenomena and devices such as batteries, fuel cells, hydrogen storage, photolytic and photoelectrochemical routes to fuel synthesis; biofuels synthesis and use, solar photovoltaics and thermoelectrics and related devices.
  • Applied Physics 132 : Optoelectronic Materials and Devices (Spring 2007)
    APh/EE 132 is an introductory lecture and problem course dealing with optoelectronic devices, their physical underpinnings and their applications. Topics include wave propagation in dielectric media (interference, waveguides, resonators), photon field-dipole interactions (spontaneous emission, stimulation emission, absorption), device physics of many optoelectronic devices, and optical response of matter (dielectric response, nonlinear susceptibilities, nonlinear optical phenomena and devices.
  • Applied Physics 114b : Solid State Physics (Winter 2007)
    APh 114b is an introductory lecture and problem course dealing with experimental and theoretical problems in solid-state physics. Topics for the year include crystal structure, symmetries in solids, lattice vibrations, electronic states in solids, transport phenomena, semiconductors, superconductivity, magnetism, ferroelectricity, defects, and optical phenomena in solids. APh114b focuses on electronic and optical properties of solids.