Ebook: Semiconductor Physics: An Introduction

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XII
Elementary Properties of Semiconductors....Pages 1-9
Energy Band Structure....Pages 10-33
Semiconductor Statistics....Pages 34-45
Charge and Energy Transport in a Nondegenerate Electron Gas....Pages 46-112
Carrier Diffusion Processes....Pages 113-152
Scattering Processes in a Spherical One-Valley Model....Pages 153-213
Charge Transport and Scattering Processes in the Many-Valley Model....Pages 214-255
Carrier Transport in the Warped-Sphere Model....Pages 256-269
Quantum Effects in Transport Phenomena....Pages 270-290
Impact Ionization and Avalanche Breakdown....Pages 291-301
Optical Absorption and Reflection....Pages 302-385
Photoconductivity....Pages 386-401
Light Generation by Semiconductors....Pages 402-416
Properties of the Surface....Pages 417-426
Miscellaneous Semiconductors....Pages 427-433
Back Matter....Pages 434-464

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XII
Elementary Properties of Semiconductors....Pages 1-9
Energy Band Structure....Pages 10-33
Semiconductor Statistics....Pages 34-45
Charge and Energy Transport in a Nondegenerate Electron Gas....Pages 46-112
Carrier Diffusion Processes....Pages 113-152
Scattering Processes in a Spherical One-Valley Model....Pages 153-213
Charge Transport and Scattering Processes in the Many-Valley Model....Pages 214-255
Carrier Transport in the Warped-Sphere Model....Pages 256-269
Quantum Effects in Transport Phenomena....Pages 270-290
Impact Ionization and Avalanche Breakdown....Pages 291-301
Optical Absorption and Reflection....Pages 302-385
Photoconductivity....Pages 386-401
Light Generation by Semiconductors....Pages 402-416
Properties of the Surface....Pages 417-426
Miscellaneous Semiconductors....Pages 427-433
Back Matter....Pages 434-464
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