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Microfabrication Laboratory
ENG-SCI 277

Jointly Offered with: Faculty of Arts & Sciences as ENG-SCI 177

Course Information

Description

The course provides introduction to micro- and nano-fabrication processes used to realize photonic, electronic and mechanical devices. Lectures will introduce the state-of-the-art semiconductor fabrication processes, including lithography, deposition of metals and dielectrics, etching, oxidation, implantation, and diffusion of dopants. The fabrication component of the course will be carried out in a state-of-the-art cleanroom in the Center for Nanoscale Systems, where students will fabricate several electronic and photonic devices, including transistors, light-emitting diodes (LEDs), lasers and optical resonators.  Device characterization will be performed in a state-of-the-art teaching labs in SEC in Allston. 

Course Notes

Course also includes a 4-hour lab session each week. Content and requirements are similar to Engineering Sciences 177, with the addition that students enrolled in Engineering Sciences 277 are given an additional project. Course cap is for ES 177 and ES 277 combined.

School Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Credits 4
Cross Reg

Available for Harvard Cross Registration

Course Component Lecture
Grading Basis FAS Letter Graded
Course Requirements Prerequisite: (Applied Physics 50a OR Physical Sciences 12a OR Physics 15a) AND (Applied Physics 50b OR Physical Sciences 12b OR Physics 15b)
Exam/Final Deadline May 12, 2026
General Education N/A
Quantitative Reasoning with Data N/A
Divisional Distribution Science & Engineering & Applied Science
Course Level Primarily for Graduate Students