The course deals with new electronic materials and the corresponding high-frequency devices that are not based on silicon technology and are used in telecommunications, optical networks, etc. The primary topics covered are the following:

1. Electronic properties of III-V semiconductors, e.g., GaAs (energy bands, transport properties, optical properties, etc.)
2. MESFET (Metal-Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor)
3. HEMT (High Electron Mobility Transistor)
4. Microwave devices
5. Photodetectors and Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs)
6. Semiconductor LASERs
7. Photovoltaic devices