Applied Quantum Mechanics and Semi Conductor Devices 1st sem MSc Electronics & Telecommunication Tech, Gauhati University Detail Syllabus A) Applied Quantum mechanics (50 marks) Historical Developments of Quantum mechanics (QM), importance of QM in Electronics. Experimental verification of de Broglie hypothesis, concept of wave packet and wave function, uncertainty principle and its applications ( 5 marks ). Schrödinger wave equation, probability density current, Free electrons, 1D & 3D space, electrons confined to a bounded region of space: 1D and 3D rigid potential box, quantum confinement, degenerate and non-degenerate energy levels; Transmission and reflection of unbounded states: potential step and impedance matching ( 15 marks ).. Particle tunneling, Tunnel diode, electron tunneling limit to reduction in size of CMOS transistor, concept of resonant tunneling, double barrier ...