After successful completion of the course, students are able to understand the basic operation principles of the most common THz devices, students gain in-depth understanding of a particular type of devices and learn, how to analyse and work with the scientific papers, how to put them into context in a particular research field. Students will also improve their presentation skills.

The course consists of 3 blocks:

1st block: 

• The students will be offered several chapters from a book on semiconductor THz technology. The chapters give an overview on most common THz devices and systems and their operation principles.
• The contents of the chapters will be subsequently discussed with the supervisor. Open questions and details will be clarified. 

2nd block:

• The students will be offered one or two scientific review articles for reading. The article(s) will give in-depth overview of a particular type of THz devices. In particular, that could be reviews on THz resonant tunnelling diodes (RTDs), THz photoconductive (photomixers) devices/systems, etc. 
• The contents of the review articles will be subsequently discussed with the supervisor. Open questions and details will be clarified. 

3rd block:

• The students will be offered a scientific article for the analysis. 
• The contents of the article will be subsequently discussed with the supervisor. Open questions and details will be clarified. 
• The student prepares a short presentation describing the contents and the main points of the article, the presentation will be given at the research-group seminar. 

The contents of the 2nd and 3rd blocks of the course could be adjusted to the preferences and interests of the student.

Independent study of the suggested literature and articles, discussion with supervisor, presentation.

Immanent

Individual registration, please contact Prof. Feiginov