Ebook: Superlattices and Other Heterostructures: Symmetry and Optical Phenomena

Superlattices and Other Heterostructures deals with optical properties of superlattices and quantum-well structures with emphasis on phenomena governed by crystal symmetries. After a brief introduction to group theory and symmetries, methods to calculate spectra of electrons, excitions and phonons in heterostructures are discussed. Further chapters cover absorption and reflection of light under interband transitions, cyclotron and electron spin-resoncance, light scattering by free and bound carriers as well as by optical and acoustic phonons, polarized photoluminescence, optical spin orientation of electrons and excitions, and nonlinear optical and photogalvanic effects.

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Superlattices and Other Heterostructures deals with optical properties of superlattices and quantum-well structures with emphasis on phenomena governed by crystal symmetries. After a brief introduction to group theory and symmetries, methods to calculate spectra of electrons, excitions and phonons in heterostructures are discussed. Further chapters cover absorption and reflection of light under interband transitions, cyclotron and electron spin-resoncance, light scattering by free and bound carriers as well as by optical and acoustic phonons, polarized photoluminescence, optical spin orientation of electrons and excitions, and nonlinear optical and photogalvanic effects.

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Superlattices and Other Heterostructures deals with optical properties of superlattices and quantum-well structures with emphasis on phenomena governed by crystal symmetries. After a brief introduction to group theory and symmetries, methods to calculate spectra of electrons, excitions and phonons in heterostructures are discussed. Further chapters cover absorption and reflection of light under interband transitions, cyclotron and electron spin-resoncance, light scattering by free and bound carriers as well as by optical and acoustic phonons, polarized photoluminescence, optical spin orientation of electrons and excitions, and nonlinear optical and photogalvanic effects.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XIII
Quantum Wells and Superlattices....Pages 1-8
Crystal Symmetry....Pages 9-38
Electron Spectrum in Crystals, Quantum Wells and Superlattices....Pages 39-100
Vibrational Spectra of Crystals and Superlattices Electron-Phonon Interaction....Pages 101-124
Localized Electron States and Excitons in Heterostructures....Pages 125-161
Interband Optical Transitions....Pages 162-200
Intraband Transitions....Pages 201-227
Light Scattering....Pages 228-254
Polarized Luminescence in Quantum Wells and Superlattices....Pages 255-304
Nonlinear Optics....Pages 305-338
Back Matter....Pages 339-386

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Superlattices and Other Heterostructures deals with optical properties of superlattices and quantum-well structures with emphasis on phenomena governed by crystal symmetries. After a brief introduction to group theory and symmetries, methods to calculate spectra of electrons, excitions and phonons in heterostructures are discussed. Further chapters cover absorption and reflection of light under interband transitions, cyclotron and electron spin-resoncance, light scattering by free and bound carriers as well as by optical and acoustic phonons, polarized photoluminescence, optical spin orientation of electrons and excitions, and nonlinear optical and photogalvanic effects.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XIII
Quantum Wells and Superlattices....Pages 1-8
Crystal Symmetry....Pages 9-38
Electron Spectrum in Crystals, Quantum Wells and Superlattices....Pages 39-100
Vibrational Spectra of Crystals and Superlattices Electron-Phonon Interaction....Pages 101-124
Localized Electron States and Excitons in Heterostructures....Pages 125-161
Interband Optical Transitions....Pages 162-200
Intraband Transitions....Pages 201-227
Light Scattering....Pages 228-254
Polarized Luminescence in Quantum Wells and Superlattices....Pages 255-304
Nonlinear Optics....Pages 305-338
Back Matter....Pages 339-386
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