Quantum Electronic Devices 4 ENG4099

  • Academic Session: 2024-25
  • School: School of Engineering
  • Credits: 20
  • Level: Level 4 (SCQF level 10)
  • Typically Offered: Semester 2
  • Available to Visiting Students: Yes
  • Collaborative Online International Learning: No

Short Description

The aim of this course is to introduce students to the design and operation of advanced semiconducting and superconducting devices, to the fundamentals of quantum technologies and their applications for sensing and computing.

Timetable

4 lectures per week

Requirements of Entry

Mandatory Entry Requirements

None

Recommended Entry Requirements

None

Excluded Courses

None

Co-requisites

None

Assessment

70% Written Exam

10% Written Assignment, including Essay: Device design model.

20% Report: 2 Laboratory reports

Main Assessment In: April/May

Course Aims

This course aims to introduce students to the design and operation of various advanced quantum electronic devices. From semiconductor devices to cryogenic electronics superconducting qubits, students will be introduced to the fundamentals of quantum technologies and their applications in quantum sensing and quantum computing.

Intended Learning Outcomes of Course

By the end of this course students will be able to:

 

■ understand the fundamentals of quantum mechanics and apply it to quantum technologies, including using semiconductor E-k bandstructure diagrams to design electronic devices;

■ design semiconductor heterostructures and exploit the properties of doping;

■ design semiconducting devices ranging from transistors (bipolar, high electron mobility, field-effect) to cryogenic quantum devices (e.g. single electron transistors, cryoCMOS);

■ describe and design aspects of solid-state quantum circuits (spin and superconducting qubits) as well as design and describe circuit logic operation of quantum computers;

■ use quantum control and correlation to optimise sensing elements;

Minimum Requirement for Award of Credits

Students must attend the degree examination and submit at least 75% by weight of the other components of the course's summative assessment.

 

Students must attend the timetabled laboratory classes.