Ebook: Semiconductor Nanostructures
- Tags: Nanotechnology, Optical and Electronic Materials, Surfaces and Interfaces Thin Films, Applied Optics Optoelectronics Optical Devices, Electronics and Microelectronics Instrumentation
- Series: NanoScience and Technology
- Year: 2008
- Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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Reducing the size of a coherently grown semiconductor cluster in all three directions of space to a value below the de Broglie wavelength of a charge carrier leads to complete quantization of the energy levels, density of states, etc. Such "quantum dots" are more similar to giant atoms in a dielectric cage than to classical solids or semiconductors showing a dispersion of energy as a function of wavevector. Their electronic and optical properties depend strongly on their size and shape, i.e. on their geometry. By designing the geometry by controlling the growth of QDs, absolutely novel possibilities for material design leading to novel devices are opened.
This multiauthor book written by world-wide recognized leaders of their particular fields and edited by the recipient of the Max-Born Award and Medal 2006 Professor Dieter Bimberg reports on the state of the art of the growing of quantum dots, the theory of self-organised growth, the theory of electronic and excitonic states, optical properties and transport in a variety of materials. It covers the subject from the early work beginning of the 1990s up to 2006. The topics addressed in the book are the focus of research in all leading semiconductor and optoelectronic device laboratories of the world.
Reducing the size of a coherently grown semiconductor cluster in all three directions of space to a value below the de Broglie wavelength of a charge carrier leads to complete quantization of the energy levels, density of states, etc. Such "quantum dots" are more similar to giant atoms in a dielectric cage than to classical solids or semiconductors showing a dispersion of energy as a function of wavevector. Their electronic and optical properties depend strongly on their size and shape, i.e. on their geometry. By designing the geometry by controlling the growth of QDs, absolutely novel possibilities for material design leading to novel devices are opened.
This multiauthor book written by world-wide recognized leaders of their particular fields and edited by the recipient of the Max-Born Award and Medal 2006 Professor Dieter Bimberg reports on the state of the art of the growing of quantum dots, the theory of self-organised growth, the theory of electronic and excitonic states, optical properties and transport in a variety of materials. It covers the subject from the early work beginning of the 1990s up to 2006. The topics addressed in the book are the focus of research in all leading semiconductor and optoelectronic device laboratories of the world.
Reducing the size of a coherently grown semiconductor cluster in all three directions of space to a value below the de Broglie wavelength of a charge carrier leads to complete quantization of the energy levels, density of states, etc. Such "quantum dots" are more similar to giant atoms in a dielectric cage than to classical solids or semiconductors showing a dispersion of energy as a function of wavevector. Their electronic and optical properties depend strongly on their size and shape, i.e. on their geometry. By designing the geometry by controlling the growth of QDs, absolutely novel possibilities for material design leading to novel devices are opened.
This multiauthor book written by world-wide recognized leaders of their particular fields and edited by the recipient of the Max-Born Award and Medal 2006 Professor Dieter Bimberg reports on the state of the art of the growing of quantum dots, the theory of self-organised growth, the theory of electronic and excitonic states, optical properties and transport in a variety of materials. It covers the subject from the early work beginning of the 1990s up to 2006. The topics addressed in the book are the focus of research in all leading semiconductor and optoelectronic device laboratories of the world.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xxi
Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Quantum Dot Growth....Pages 1-39
Control of Self-Organized In(Ga)As/GaAs Quantum Dot Growth....Pages 41-65
In-Situ Monitoring for Nano-Structure Growth in MOVPE....Pages 67-86
Bottom-up Approach to the Nanopatterning of Si(001)....Pages 87-96
Structural Characterisation of Quantum Dots by X-Ray Diffraction and TEM....Pages 97-121
The Atomic Structure of Quantum Dots....Pages 123-137
Theory of Excitons in InGaAs/GaAs Quantum Dots....Pages 139-164
Phonons in Quantum Dots and Their Role in Exciton Dephasing....Pages 165-187
Theory of the Optical Response of Singleand Coupled Semiconductor Quantum Dots....Pages 189-210
Theory of Nonlinear Transport for Ensembles of Quantum Dots....Pages 211-220
Quantum Dots for Memories....Pages 221-235
Visible-Bandgap II–VI Quantum Dot Heterostructures....Pages 237-254
Narrow-Gap Nanostructuresin Strong Magnetic Fields....Pages 255-268
Optical Properties of III–V Quantum Dots....Pages 269-299
Ultrafast Coherent Spectroscopy of Single Semiconductor Quantum Dots....Pages 301-328
Single-Photon Generation from Single Quantum Dots....Pages 329-349
Back Matter....Pages 351-357
Reducing the size of a coherently grown semiconductor cluster in all three directions of space to a value below the de Broglie wavelength of a charge carrier leads to complete quantization of the energy levels, density of states, etc. Such "quantum dots" are more similar to giant atoms in a dielectric cage than to classical solids or semiconductors showing a dispersion of energy as a function of wavevector. Their electronic and optical properties depend strongly on their size and shape, i.e. on their geometry. By designing the geometry by controlling the growth of QDs, absolutely novel possibilities for material design leading to novel devices are opened.
This multiauthor book written by world-wide recognized leaders of their particular fields and edited by the recipient of the Max-Born Award and Medal 2006 Professor Dieter Bimberg reports on the state of the art of the growing of quantum dots, the theory of self-organised growth, the theory of electronic and excitonic states, optical properties and transport in a variety of materials. It covers the subject from the early work beginning of the 1990s up to 2006. The topics addressed in the book are the focus of research in all leading semiconductor and optoelectronic device laboratories of the world.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xxi
Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Quantum Dot Growth....Pages 1-39
Control of Self-Organized In(Ga)As/GaAs Quantum Dot Growth....Pages 41-65
In-Situ Monitoring for Nano-Structure Growth in MOVPE....Pages 67-86
Bottom-up Approach to the Nanopatterning of Si(001)....Pages 87-96
Structural Characterisation of Quantum Dots by X-Ray Diffraction and TEM....Pages 97-121
The Atomic Structure of Quantum Dots....Pages 123-137
Theory of Excitons in InGaAs/GaAs Quantum Dots....Pages 139-164
Phonons in Quantum Dots and Their Role in Exciton Dephasing....Pages 165-187
Theory of the Optical Response of Singleand Coupled Semiconductor Quantum Dots....Pages 189-210
Theory of Nonlinear Transport for Ensembles of Quantum Dots....Pages 211-220
Quantum Dots for Memories....Pages 221-235
Visible-Bandgap II–VI Quantum Dot Heterostructures....Pages 237-254
Narrow-Gap Nanostructuresin Strong Magnetic Fields....Pages 255-268
Optical Properties of III–V Quantum Dots....Pages 269-299
Ultrafast Coherent Spectroscopy of Single Semiconductor Quantum Dots....Pages 301-328
Single-Photon Generation from Single Quantum Dots....Pages 329-349
Back Matter....Pages 351-357
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