Ebook: Semiconductor Optics
- Tags: Optical and Electronic Materials, Solid State Physics and Spectroscopy, Optical Spectroscopy Ultrafast Optics
- Year: 2007
- Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
- Language: English
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This updated and enlarged new edition of Semiconductor Optics provides an introduction to and an overview of semiconductor optics from the IR through the visible to the UV. Coverage includes linear and nonlinear optical properties, dynamics, magneto- and electrooptics, high-excitation effects, some applications, experimental techniques and group theory.
The mathematics is kept as elementary as possible, sufficient for an intuitive understanding of the experimental results and techniques treated. The subjects covered extend from physics to materials science and optoelectronics. New or updated chapters add coverage of current topics such as cavity polaritons, photonic structures, structures of reduced dimensionality or the semiconductor Bloch equations, while the chapters on bulk materials have been revised and updated.
This updated and enlarged new edition of Semiconductor Optics provides an introduction to and an overview of semiconductor optics from the IR through the visible to the UV. Coverage includes linear and nonlinear optical properties, dynamics, magneto- and electrooptics, high-excitation effects, some applications, experimental techniques and group theory.
The mathematics is kept as elementary as possible, sufficient for an intuitive understanding of the experimental results and techniques treated. The subjects covered extend from physics to materials science and optoelectronics. New or updated chapters add coverage of current topics such as cavity polaritons, photonic structures, structures of reduced dimensionality or the semiconductor Bloch equations, while the chapters on bulk materials have been revised and updated.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XXVII
Introduction....Pages 1-10
Maxwell’s Equations, Photons and the Density of States....Pages 11-35
Interaction of Light with Matter....Pages 37-72
Ensemble of Uncoupled Oscillators....Pages 73-91
The Concept of Polaritons....Pages 93-124
Kramers-Kronig Relations....Pages 125-129
Crystals, Lattices, Lattice Vibrations and Phonons....Pages 131-161
Electrons in a Periodic Crystal....Pages 163-242
Excitons, Biexcitons and Trions....Pages 243-264
Plasmons, Magnons and some Further Elementary Excitations....Pages 265-273
Optical Properties of Phonons....Pages 275-289
Optical Properties of Plasmons, Plasmon-Phonon Mixed States and of Magnons....Pages 291-297
Optical Properties of Intrinsic Excitons in Bulk Semiconductors....Pages 299-349
Optical Properties of Bound and Localized Excitons and of Defect States....Pages 351-369
Optical Properties of Excitons in Structures of Reduced Dimensionality....Pages 371-410
Excitons Under the Influence of External Fields....Pages 411-438
From Cavity Polaritons to Photonic Crystals....Pages 439-460
Review of the Linear Optical Properties....Pages 461-465
High Excitation Effects and Nonlinear Optics....Pages 467-482
The Intermediate Density Regime....Pages 483-528
The Electron-Hole Plasma....Pages 529-562
Stimulated Emission and Laser Processes....Pages 563-580
Time Resolved Spectroscopy....Pages 581-654
Optical Bistability, Optical Computing, Spintronics and Quantum Computing....Pages 655-684
Experimental Methods....Pages 685-733
Group Theory in Semiconductor Optics....Pages 735-769
Semiconductor Bloch Equations....Pages 771-791
Back Matter....Pages 793-809
This updated and enlarged new edition of Semiconductor Optics provides an introduction to and an overview of semiconductor optics from the IR through the visible to the UV. Coverage includes linear and nonlinear optical properties, dynamics, magneto- and electrooptics, high-excitation effects, some applications, experimental techniques and group theory.
The mathematics is kept as elementary as possible, sufficient for an intuitive understanding of the experimental results and techniques treated. The subjects covered extend from physics to materials science and optoelectronics. New or updated chapters add coverage of current topics such as cavity polaritons, photonic structures, structures of reduced dimensionality or the semiconductor Bloch equations, while the chapters on bulk materials have been revised and updated.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XXVII
Introduction....Pages 1-10
Maxwell’s Equations, Photons and the Density of States....Pages 11-35
Interaction of Light with Matter....Pages 37-72
Ensemble of Uncoupled Oscillators....Pages 73-91
The Concept of Polaritons....Pages 93-124
Kramers-Kronig Relations....Pages 125-129
Crystals, Lattices, Lattice Vibrations and Phonons....Pages 131-161
Electrons in a Periodic Crystal....Pages 163-242
Excitons, Biexcitons and Trions....Pages 243-264
Plasmons, Magnons and some Further Elementary Excitations....Pages 265-273
Optical Properties of Phonons....Pages 275-289
Optical Properties of Plasmons, Plasmon-Phonon Mixed States and of Magnons....Pages 291-297
Optical Properties of Intrinsic Excitons in Bulk Semiconductors....Pages 299-349
Optical Properties of Bound and Localized Excitons and of Defect States....Pages 351-369
Optical Properties of Excitons in Structures of Reduced Dimensionality....Pages 371-410
Excitons Under the Influence of External Fields....Pages 411-438
From Cavity Polaritons to Photonic Crystals....Pages 439-460
Review of the Linear Optical Properties....Pages 461-465
High Excitation Effects and Nonlinear Optics....Pages 467-482
The Intermediate Density Regime....Pages 483-528
The Electron-Hole Plasma....Pages 529-562
Stimulated Emission and Laser Processes....Pages 563-580
Time Resolved Spectroscopy....Pages 581-654
Optical Bistability, Optical Computing, Spintronics and Quantum Computing....Pages 655-684
Experimental Methods....Pages 685-733
Group Theory in Semiconductor Optics....Pages 735-769
Semiconductor Bloch Equations....Pages 771-791
Back Matter....Pages 793-809
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