This book presents a detailed description of the basic semiconductor physics.The reader is assumed to have a basic command of mathematics and some elementary knowledge of solid state physics. The text covers a wide range of important phenomena in semiconductors, from the simple to the advanced. The reader canunderstand three different methods of energy band calculations, empirical pseudo-potential, k.p perturbation and tight-binding methods. The effective mass approximation and electron motion in a periodic potential, Boltzmann transportequation and deformation potentials used for full band Monte Carlo simulationare discussed. Experiments and theoretical analysis of cyclotron resonance are discussed in detail because the results are essential to the understanding of semiconductor physics. Optical and transport properties, magneto-transport, two dimensional electron gas transport (HEMT and MOSFET), and quantum transport are reviewed, explaining optical transition, electron phonon interactions, electron mobility. Recent progress in quantum structures such as two-dimensional electron gas, superlattices, quantum Hall effect, electron confinement and the Landauer formula are included. The Quantum Hall effect is presented with different models. In the second edition, the addition energy and electronic structure of a quantum dot (artificial atom) are explained with the help of Slaterdeterminants. Also the physics of semiconductor Lasers is described in detailincluding Einstein coefficients, stimulated emission, spontaneous emission, laser gain, double heterostructures, blue Lasers, optical confinement, laser modes, strained quantum wells lasers which will give insight into the physics ofvarious kinds of semiconductor lasers, in addition to the various processes of luminescence. Comprehensive, successfully tested textbook now in 2nd editionWith new sections and an essential chapter on semiconductor lasers Best textbook on transport in semiconductors Only textbook with perturbation theory to explain the exact picture of the electron-electron interaction and the physics of the effective mass theory for transport Graduate students of the following courses benefit from this book: Final year of physics bachelor course, electrical engineering, repetition for physicists and engineers INDICE: Energy Band Structures of Semiconductors.- Cyclotron Resonance andEnergy Band Structures.- Wannier Function and Effective Mass Approximation.- Optical Properties 1.- Optical Properties 2.- Electron - Phonon Interaction and Electron Transport.- Magnetotransport Phenomena.- Quantum Structures.- LightEmission and Laser.
- ISBN: 978-3-642-03302-5
- Editorial: Springer
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 553
- Fecha Publicación: 01/11/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés