Renewable Energy Sources
17 May 2010 | Contributor(s): Dragica Vasileska
This presentation in pictures describes possibilities and utilization of alternative (green) sources of energy. Many sources contributed in the creation of this presentation.vasileska.faculty.asu.eduNSF
Slides: Examples and Stark Effect
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10 Jul 2008 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Dragica Vasileska, David K. Ferry
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Basics of Quantum Mechanics
30 May 2010 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Dragica Vasileska
Classical vs. Quantum physics, particle-wave duality, postulates of quantum mechanics
Reading Material: Time Independent Schrodinger Wave Equation (TISWE)
07 Jul 2008 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Dragica Vasileska
Slides: Zeeman Splitting
10 Jul 2008 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Dragica Vasileska, Gerhard Klimeck
Smith Chart Examples
02 Aug 2011 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Dragica Vasileska, Gerhard Klimeck
Smith charts are used in RF applications to represent S-parameters and reflection coefficients of a two-port network. Examples are also given on calculation of the S-parameters for MEMT Structures using Silvaco ATLAS BLAZE module. Matching network construction is also illustrated.
Physical and Mathematical Description of the Operation of Photodetectors
07 Jun 2010 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Dragica Vasileska
This set of slides describes physical and mathematical description of the operation of photodetectors including important figures of merit.
Crystal Directions and Miller Indices
04 Jun 2010 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): David K. Ferry, Dragica Vasileska, Gerhard Klimeck
Miller indices are a notation system in crystallography for planes and directions in crystal lattices. In particular, a family of lattice planes is determined by three integers, l, m, and n, the Miller indices. They are written (lmn) and denote planes orthogonal to a direction (l,m,n) in the...
Reading Material: Postulates of Quantum Mechanics
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Solar Cells Operation and Modeling
15 Jul 2010 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Dragica Vasileska, Gerhard Klimeck
This set of slides decribes the basic principles of operation of various generations on solar cells with emphasis to single crystalline solar cells. Next, semiconductor equations that describe the operation of a solar cell under simplified conditions is given. Finally, modeling of single junction...
Bound States Calculation Description
05 Jul 2008 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Dragica Vasileska
These lectures describe the calculation of the bound states in an infinite potential well, finite potential well and triangular well approximation. At the end, shooting method, that is used to numerically solve the 1D Schrodinger equation, is briefly described.visit www.eas.asu.edu/~vasileskNSF
Solar Cells Numerical Solution
01 Jun 2010 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Dragica Vasileska
This is an MS Thesis of Balaji Padmanabhan, a student of Prof. Vasileska. It describes numerical solution details for the 3D drift-diffusion equations as applied to modeling 1D-3D solar cells.
S-parameters
03 Aug 2011 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Dragica Vasileska, Gerhard Klimeck
This set of lecture notes introduces the students to the concept of s-parameters that are used for characterization of RF circuits.
Empirical Pseudopotential Method: Theory and Implementation
16 May 2010 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Dragica Vasileska
This tutorial first teaches the users the basic theory behind the Empirical Pseudopotential (EPM)Bandstructure Calculation method. Next, the implementation details of the method are described and finally a MATLAB implementation of the EPM is provided.vasileska.faculty.asu.eduNSF
Slides: WKB Approximation 1
09 Jul 2008 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Dragica Vasileska, David K. Ferry
MESFET Operation Description
14 Jul 2011 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Dragica Vasileska, Gerhard Klimeck
This set of slides gives MESFET operation description from a physical standpoint.
Tunneling
29 Jul 2011 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Dragica Vasileska, Gerhard Klimeck
This set of slides describes the quantum-mechanical process for tunneling and how it is accounted for in modeling semiconductor devices. We explain WKB approximation, transfer matrix approach and the Tsu-Esaki formula for the calculation of the current.
Conjugate Gradient Tutorial
02 Jun 2010 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Dragica Vasileska
This is an extensive tutorial on the description and implementation of the basic conjugate gradient method and its variants.
Crystal Structure
08 Jul 2011 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Dragica Vasileska, Gerhard Klimeck
This set of lecture notes describe crystalline structure and different types of crystal lattices.
Coulomb Scattering
11 Jul 2011 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Dragica Vasileska
This set of slides describes Coulomb Scattering.
Tutorial on Semi-empirical Band Structure Methods
06 Jul 2008 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Dragica Vasileska
This tutorial explains in details the Empirical Pseudopotential Method for the electronic structure calculation, the tight-binding method and the k.p method. For more details on the Empirical Pseudopotential Method listen to the following presentation:Empirical Pseudopotential Method Described...
Tight-Binding Band Structure Calculation Method
02 Jun 2010 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Dragica Vasileska, Gerhard Klimeck
This set of slides describes on simple example of a 1D lattice, the basic idea behind the Tight-Binding Method for band structure calculation.
Harmonic Oscillator Problem
These materials describe the solution of the 1D Schrodinger equation for harmonic potential using the brute-force and the operator approach.visit www.eas.asu.edu/~vasileskNSF
Slides: Degenerate Perturbation Theory
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SILVACO Simulation of Solar Cells
06 Feb 2011 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Dragica Vasileska
This set of lecture notes describes the SILVACO simulation of Solar Cells. In particular, emphasis is placed on the module LUMINOUS.