Ebook: Semiconductor Physics: An Introduction

This well-established monograph, updated and now in its ninth edition, deals mainly with electron transport in, and optical properties of semiconductors. It includes lasers, e.g. the quantum cascade laser, quantum processes such as the quantum Hall effect, quantum dots, fullerenes, carbon nanotubes, molecular electronics, the nitrides, and many other recent discoveries in the field. New diagrams and tables provide a comprehensive source of materials data. Selected problems help readers to consolidate their knowledge and invite teachers to use this text for graduate courses on semiconductor physics, solid state physics, and physical electronics.

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This well-established monograph, updated and now in its ninth edition, deals mainly with electron transport in, and optical properties of semiconductors. It includes lasers, e.g. the quantum cascade laser, quantum processes such as the quantum Hall effect, quantum dots, fullerenes, carbon nanotubes, molecular electronics, the nitrides, and many other recent discoveries in the field. New diagrams and tables provide a comprehensive source of materials data. Selected problems help readers to consolidate their knowledge and invite teachers to use this text for graduate courses on semiconductor physics, solid state  physics, and physical electronics.

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This well-established monograph, updated and now in its ninth edition, deals mainly with electron transport in, and optical properties of semiconductors. It includes lasers, e.g. the quantum cascade laser, quantum processes such as the quantum Hall effect, quantum dots, fullerenes, carbon nanotubes, molecular electronics, the nitrides, and many other recent discoveries in the field. New diagrams and tables provide a comprehensive source of materials data. Selected problems help readers to consolidate their knowledge and invite teachers to use this text for graduate courses on semiconductor physics, solid state  physics, and physical electronics.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-x
Elementary Properties of Semiconductors....Pages 1-9
Energy Band Structure....Pages 10-34
Semiconductor Statistics....Pages 35-46
Charge and Energy Transport in a Nondegenerate Electron Gas....Pages 47-117
Carrier Diffusion Processes....Pages 118-158
Scattering Processes in a Spherical One-Valley Model....Pages 159-221
Charge Transport and Scattering Processes in the Many-Valley Model....Pages 222-264
Carrier Transport in the Warped-Sphere Model....Pages 265-279
Quantum Effects in Transport Phenomena....Pages 280-311
Impact Ionization and Avalanche Breakdown....Pages 312-323
Optical Absorption and Reflection....Pages 324-401
Photoconductivity....Pages 402-416
Light Generation by Semiconductors....Pages 417-442
Surface and Interface Properties and the Quantum Hall Effect....Pages 443-475
Miscellaneous Semiconductors....Pages 476-492
Back Matter....Pages 493-538

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This well-established monograph, updated and now in its ninth edition, deals mainly with electron transport in, and optical properties of semiconductors. It includes lasers, e.g. the quantum cascade laser, quantum processes such as the quantum Hall effect, quantum dots, fullerenes, carbon nanotubes, molecular electronics, the nitrides, and many other recent discoveries in the field. New diagrams and tables provide a comprehensive source of materials data. Selected problems help readers to consolidate their knowledge and invite teachers to use this text for graduate courses on semiconductor physics, solid state  physics, and physical electronics.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-x
Elementary Properties of Semiconductors....Pages 1-9
Energy Band Structure....Pages 10-34
Semiconductor Statistics....Pages 35-46
Charge and Energy Transport in a Nondegenerate Electron Gas....Pages 47-117
Carrier Diffusion Processes....Pages 118-158
Scattering Processes in a Spherical One-Valley Model....Pages 159-221
Charge Transport and Scattering Processes in the Many-Valley Model....Pages 222-264
Carrier Transport in the Warped-Sphere Model....Pages 265-279
Quantum Effects in Transport Phenomena....Pages 280-311
Impact Ionization and Avalanche Breakdown....Pages 312-323
Optical Absorption and Reflection....Pages 324-401
Photoconductivity....Pages 402-416
Light Generation by Semiconductors....Pages 417-442
Surface and Interface Properties and the Quantum Hall Effect....Pages 443-475
Miscellaneous Semiconductors....Pages 476-492
Back Matter....Pages 493-538
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