Physics 8550 - Physics of Thin Films

Nikolaus Dietz , Department of Physics & Astronomy @ GSU

Spring Semester 2008

Tue. & Thur.: 9:30 am -10:45 sm - 272 Natural Sciences Center

Office Hours:      Before & after class or by appointment

Office:              454 Science Annex
Phone:              (404) 413 - 6002
E-mail:              ndietz@gsu.edu

Textbook:
                 No textbook required. Lecture notes will be provided.

Prerequisites:
    There are no absolute Physics prerequisites, but students should be reasonably far on with their graduate courses, and have taken courses in solid state physics, statistical mechanics, electroamagnetism and quantum mechanics.

Recommended supplemental reading:

    Thin film growth:
      Sidney F. A. Kettle, "Symmetry and Structure: (Readable Group Theory for Chemists)", 2nd Ed., ISBN: 0-471-95547-7, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (1995).
      Boyan Mutaftschiev, "The Atomistic Nature of Crystal Growth", Berlin: Springer, Springer series in materials science Vol. 43, ISBN 3-540-66496-3 (2001).
      Brain Lewis, J. C. Anderson, "Nucleation and Growth of Thin Films", Academic Press Inc. (London) Ltd., ISBN 0-12-446680-X (1978).
      R.E. Hummel, "Electronic Properties of Materials", ISBN 0-387-54839-4, (2nd ed.), Springer Verlag (1993).
      K. J. Bachmann, "The Materials Science of Microelectronics", ISBN: 0895732807, VCH New York (1995).
    Optical thin film diagnostics:
      G. Bauer, W. Richter, "Optical Characterization of Epitaxial Semiconductor Layers", ISBN 3-540-59129-X, Springer Verlag (1996).
      Irving P. Hermann, "Optical Diagnostics for Thin Film Processing", ISBN: 0-12-342070-9, Academic Press, Inc. (1996).
      R. M. A. Azzam, N. M. Bashara, "Ellipsometry and Polarized Light", ISBN: 0-444-87016-4, Elsevier Science Publ. (1987).
    


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