Ebook: Semiconductor Physics: An Introduction

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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 417-441
Surface and Interface Properties and the Quantum Hall Effect....Pages 442-470
Miscellaneous Semiconductors....Pages 471-482
Back Matter....Pages 483-526

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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 417-441
Surface and Interface Properties and the Quantum Hall Effect....Pages 442-470
Miscellaneous Semiconductors....Pages 471-482
Back Matter....Pages 483-526
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