Ebook: Physics of Photonic Devices

Shun Lien Chuang, PhD, is the MacClinchie Distinguished Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. His research centers on semiconductor optoelectronic and nanophotonic devices. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, IEEE, and the Optical Society of America. He received the Engineering Excellence Award from the OSA, the Distinguished Lecturer Award and the William Streifer Scientific Achievement Award from the IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, and the Humboldt Research Award for Senior U.S. Scientists from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.;Physics of Photonic Devices -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- 1.1 Basic Concepts of Semiconductor Band and Bonding Diagrams -- 1.2 The Invention of Semiconductor Lasers -- 1.3 The Field of Optoelectronics -- 1.4 Overview of the Book -- Problems -- References -- Bibliography -- PART I FUNDAMENTALS -- Chapter 2. Basic Semiconductor Electronics -- 2.1 Maxwell's Equations and Boundary Conditions -- 2.2 Semiconductor Electronics Equations -- 2.3 Generation and Recombination in Semiconductors -- 2.4 Examples and Applications to Optoelectronic Devices -- 2.5 Semiconductor p-N and n-P Heterojunctions -- 2.6 Semiconductor n-N Heterojunctions and Metal-Semiconductor Junctions -- Problems -- References -- Chapter 3. Basic Quantum Mechanics -- 3.1 Schrödinger Equation -- 3.2 The Square Well -- 3.3 The Harmonic Oscillator -- 3.4 The Hydrogen Atom and Exciton in 2D and 3D -- 3.5 Time-Independent Perturbation Theory -- 3.6 Time-Dependent Perturbation Theory -- Appendix 3A: Löwdin's Renormalization Method -- Problems -- References -- Chapter 4. Theory of Electronic Band Structures in Semiconductors -- 4.1 The Bloch Theorem and the k · p Method for Simple Bands -- 4.2 Kane's Model for Band Structure: The k · p Method with the Spin-Orbit Interaction -- 4.3 Luttinger-Kohn Model: The k · p Method for Degenerate Bands -- 4.4 The Effective Mass Theory for a Single Band and Degenerate Bands -- 4.5 Strain Effects on Band Structures -- 4.6 Electronic States in an Arbitrary One-Dimensional Potential -- 4.7 Kronig-Penney Model for a Superlattice -- 4.8 Band Structures of Semiconductor Quantum Wells -- 4.9 Band Structures of Strained Semiconductor Quantum Wells -- Problems -- References -- PART II PROPAGATION OF LIGHT -- Chapter 5. Electromagnetics and Light Propagation -- 5.1 Time-Harmonic Fields and Duality Principle.