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Electrical, Optical & Magnetic Materials and Devices

Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited States3.15
Free, no sign-up neededFall 2006English
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This course explores the relationships which exist between the performance of electrical, optical, and magnetic devices and the microstructural characteristics of the materials from which they are constructed. The class uses a device-motivated approach which emphasizes emerging technologies. Device applications of physical phenomena are considered, including electrical conductivity and doping, transistors, photodetectors and photovoltaics, luminescence, light emitting diodes, lasers, optical…

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