Ebook: Advances in Solid State Physics

The present volume 47 of the Advances in Solid State Physics contains the written version of a large number of the invited talks of the 2007 Spring Meeting of the Arbeitskreis Festkörperphysik which was held in Regensburg, Germany, from March 26 to 30, 2007 in conjunction with the 71st Annual Meeting of the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft.It gives an overview of the present status of solid state physics where low-dimensional systems such as quantum dots and quantum wires are dominating. The importance of magnetic materials is reflected by the large number of contributions in the part dealing with ferromagnetic films and particles. One of the most exciting achievements of the last couple of years is the successful application of electrical contacts to and the investigation of single layers of graphene. This exciting physics is covered in Part IV of this book. Terahertz physics is another rapidly moving field which is presented here by five contributions. Achievements in solid state physics are only rarely possible without a thorough knowledge of material physics which is covered by the last two parts of this book.

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The present volume 47 of the Advances in Solid State Physics contains the written version of a large number of the invited talks of the 2007 Spring Meeting of the Arbeitskreis Festk?rperphysik which was held in Regensburg, Germany, from March 26 to 30, 2007 in conjunction with the 71st Annual Meeting of the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft.It gives an overview of the present status of solid state physics where low-dimensional systems such as  quantum dots and quantum wires are dominating. The importance of magnetic materials is reflected by the large number of contributions in the part dealing with ferromagnetic films and particles. One of the most exciting achievements of the last couple of years is the successful application of electrical contacts to and the investigation of single layers of graphene. This exciting physics is covered in Part IV of this book. Terahertz physics is another rapidly moving field which is presented here by five contributions. Achievements in solid state physics are only rarely possible without a thorough knowledge of material physics which is covered by the last two parts of this book.

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The present volume 47 of the Advances in Solid State Physics contains the written version of a large number of the invited talks of the 2007 Spring Meeting of the Arbeitskreis Festk?rperphysik which was held in Regensburg, Germany, from March 26 to 30, 2007 in conjunction with the 71st Annual Meeting of the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft.It gives an overview of the present status of solid state physics where low-dimensional systems such as  quantum dots and quantum wires are dominating. The importance of magnetic materials is reflected by the large number of contributions in the part dealing with ferromagnetic films and particles. One of the most exciting achievements of the last couple of years is the successful application of electrical contacts to and the investigation of single layers of graphene. This exciting physics is covered in Part IV of this book. Terahertz physics is another rapidly moving field which is presented here by five contributions. Achievements in solid state physics are only rarely possible without a thorough knowledge of material physics which is covered by the last two parts of this book.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XV
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Emission Characteristics, Photon Statistics and Coherence Properties of high-? Semiconductor Micropillar Lasers....Pages 3-15
Optical Microtube Ring Cavities....Pages 17-28
Wide-Bandgap Quantum Dot Based Microcavity VCSEL Structures....Pages 29-41
Momentum Space Wave Functions in InAs Quantum Dots Mapped by Capacitance Voltage Spectroscopy....Pages 43-54
Coupling Phenomena in Dual Electron Waveguide Structures....Pages 55-66
Front Matter....Pages 67-67
Electronic Correlations in Electron Transfer Systems....Pages 69-78
Criticality and Correlations in Cold Atomic Gases....Pages 79-88
Front Matter....Pages 89-89
Magnetic Anisotropy and Magnetization Switching in Ferromagnetic GaMnAs....Pages 91-103
Highly Spin-Polarized Tunneling in Fully Epitaxial Magnetic Tunnel Junctions with a Co-Based Full-Heusler Alloy Thin Film and a MgO Barrier....Pages 105-116
Structural and Magnetic Properties of Transition Metal Nanoparticles from First Principles....Pages 117-128
First-Principles Study of Ferromagnetic Heusler Alloys: An Overview....Pages 129-141
Front Matter....Pages 143-143
Dirac Particles in Epitaxial Graphene Films Grown on SiC....Pages 145-157
Photoemission Studies of Graphene on SiC: Growth, Interface, and Electronic Structure....Pages 159-170
Raman Imaging and Electronic Properties of Graphene....Pages 171-176
Front Matter....Pages 177-177
Interaction of Semiconductor Laser Dynamics with THz Radiation....Pages 179-190
Ultrafast THz Spectroscopy of Excitons in Multi-Component Carrier Gases....Pages 191-202
Terahertz Near-Field Microscopy....Pages 203-222
Interaction of THz Radiation with Semiconductors: Microscopic Theory and Experiments....Pages 223-235
Nonlinear Terahertz and Midinfrared Response of n-Type GaAs....Pages 237-249
Front Matter....Pages 251-251
Effect of Hydrogen and Grain Boundaries on Dislocation Nucleation and Multiplication Examined with a NI-AFM....Pages 253-269
Front Matter....Pages 251-251
Tuning the Strain in LaCoO3 Thin Films by the Heteroepitaxial Growth on Single Crystal Substrates....Pages 271-275
Atomic Migration Phenomena in Intermetallics with High Superstructure Stability....Pages 277-288
Material Science with Positrons: From Doppler Spectroscopy to Failure Prediction....Pages 289-300
X-Ray Diffraction Residual Stress Analysis: One of the Few Advanced Physical Measuring Techniques That Have Established Themselves for Routine Application in Industry....Pages 301-314
Piezoelectric Graded Materials — Preparation and Characterization....Pages 315-326
Front Matter....Pages 327-327
Back Matter....Pages 329-341
....Pages 343-347