Ebook: Semiconductor Optics and Transport Phenomena

This introduction to the field of semiconductor optics, including transport phenomena in semiconductors, has its origin in an advanced course jointly given by a theoretician and an experimentalist. Starting with the theoretical fundamentals of this field the book develops, assuming a basic knowledge of solid-state physics. The text is suitable for graduates and scientists alike who need a well-balanced and up-to-date introduction to this area. The application areas of the theory covered include semiconductor lasers, detectors, electro-optic modulators, single-electron transistors, microcavities and double-barrier resonant tunneling diodes.
One hundred problems with hints for solution help the readers to deepen their knowledge.

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This introduction to the field of semiconductor optics, including transport phenomena in semiconductors, has its origin in an advanced course jointly given by a theoretician and an experimentalist. Starting with the theoretical fundamentals of this field the book develops, assuming a basic knowledge of solid-state physics. The text is suitable for graduates and scientists alike who need a well-balanced and up-to-date introduction to this area. The application areas of the theory covered include semiconductor lasers, detectors, electro-optic modulators, single-electron transistors, microcavities and double-barrier resonant tunneling diodes.
One hundred problems with hints for solution help the readers to deepen their knowledge.

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This introduction to the field of semiconductor optics, including transport phenomena in semiconductors, has its origin in an advanced course jointly given by a theoretician and an experimentalist. Starting with the theoretical fundamentals of this field the book develops, assuming a basic knowledge of solid-state physics. The text is suitable for graduates and scientists alike who need a well-balanced and up-to-date introduction to this area. The application areas of the theory covered include semiconductor lasers, detectors, electro-optic modulators, single-electron transistors, microcavities and double-barrier resonant tunneling diodes.
One hundred problems with hints for solution help the readers to deepen their knowledge.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XI
Some Basic Facts on Semiconductors....Pages 1-5
Interaction of Matter and Electromagnetic Fields....Pages 7-49
One-Particle Properties....Pages 51-84
Uncorrelated Optical Transitions....Pages 85-114
Correlated Transitions of Bloch Electrons....Pages 115-133
Correlated Transitions near the Band Edge....Pages 135-173
Influence of Static Magnetic Fields....Pages 175-205
Influence of Static Electric Fields....Pages 207-236
Biexcitons....Pages 237-264
Nonequilibrium Green’s Functions....Pages 265-311
The Electron—Phonon Interaction....Pages 313-357
Scattering and Screening Processes....Pages 359-386
The Semiconductor Laser....Pages 387-414
Classical Transport....Pages 415-427
Electric Fields in Mesoscopic Systems....Pages 429-451
Electric and Magnetic Fields in Mesoscopic Systems....Pages 453-475
Back Matter....Pages 477-497

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This introduction to the field of semiconductor optics, including transport phenomena in semiconductors, has its origin in an advanced course jointly given by a theoretician and an experimentalist. Starting with the theoretical fundamentals of this field the book develops, assuming a basic knowledge of solid-state physics. The text is suitable for graduates and scientists alike who need a well-balanced and up-to-date introduction to this area. The application areas of the theory covered include semiconductor lasers, detectors, electro-optic modulators, single-electron transistors, microcavities and double-barrier resonant tunneling diodes.
One hundred problems with hints for solution help the readers to deepen their knowledge.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XI
Some Basic Facts on Semiconductors....Pages 1-5
Interaction of Matter and Electromagnetic Fields....Pages 7-49
One-Particle Properties....Pages 51-84
Uncorrelated Optical Transitions....Pages 85-114
Correlated Transitions of Bloch Electrons....Pages 115-133
Correlated Transitions near the Band Edge....Pages 135-173
Influence of Static Magnetic Fields....Pages 175-205
Influence of Static Electric Fields....Pages 207-236
Biexcitons....Pages 237-264
Nonequilibrium Green’s Functions....Pages 265-311
The Electron—Phonon Interaction....Pages 313-357
Scattering and Screening Processes....Pages 359-386
The Semiconductor Laser....Pages 387-414
Classical Transport....Pages 415-427
Electric Fields in Mesoscopic Systems....Pages 429-451
Electric and Magnetic Fields in Mesoscopic Systems....Pages 453-475
Back Matter....Pages 477-497
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