By completing the Crystal Viewer Lab in ABACUS - Assembly of Basic Applications for Coordinated Understanding of Semiconductors, you will be able to:
a) understand crystals,
b) understand crystal directions, and
c) Miller indices.
The specific objectives of the Crystal Viewer Lab are:
Recommended Reading
If you have not had experience with crystal structures and Miller indices, here is a list of resources that will help you have the required knowledge to get the most of these materials:
1. Rober F. Pierret, Semiconductor Device Fundamentals (Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 2000).
2. Michael Shur, Physics of Semiconductor Devices (Prentice Hall, 1990).
3. Dragica Vasileska, Stephen M. Goodnick and G. Klimeck: Computational Electronics: Semiclassical and Quantum Device Modeling and Simulation, Chapter 2 (CRC Press, 2010).
Demo
Crystal Viewer Tool: First-Time User Guide
Crystal Viewer Tool Video Demonstration
Theoretical descriptions
* Crystal Directions and Miller Indices
* Illinois ECE 440 Solid State Electronic Devices, Lecture 2: Crystal Lattices
* ECE 606 Lecture 2: Geometry of Periodic Crystals
Tool Verification
Crystal Viewer Tool Verification (V 2.3.4)
Worked Examples
1. Crystal Viewer Demonstration: Bravais Lattices
2. Crystal Viewer Demonstration: Bravais Lattices 2
3. Crystal Viewer Demonstration: Various Crystal Systems
Exercises and Homework Assignments
1. Homework Exercise on Bravais Lattices, Crystal Structures, Miller Indices
3. Illinois ECE 440: Introduction to Crystal Properties Homework
4. ABACUS Exercise: Crystal Lattices and Miler Indices
Solutions to Exercises
Solutions will be provided to instructors ONLY.
Take a Test
This test will assess your conceptual understanding of the physical, mathematical and computational knowledge related to crystal structures identification and Miller indices calculation.
ABACUS: Test for Crystal Viewer Tool
Solve the Challenge
In this final challenge you will integrate all what you have learned about crystal lattices.