Physics of Semiconductors & Their Heterostructures [Singh] 9789867696175

This is a graduate-level textbook offering comprehensive treatment of the underlying physics behind modern semiconductor devices, with applications to specific modern solid-state devices throughout. Modular in organization, it should be suitable for a range of courses in solid-state physics and devices in both physics and electrical engineering departments. Special features include: a step-by-step formulation of Monte Carlo Transport; discussion of excitonic effects in quantum wells; comprehensive coverage of heterostructures of solid-state devices; and historical introductions.

頁數：872
版次：第1版
年份：2007年
規格：平裝/單色
ISBN：9789867696175

Chapter 1 The free electron picture
Chapter 2 Periodicity: Crystal structures
Chapter 3 Wave diffraction in periodic structures
Chapter 4 Electrons in periodic structures
Chapter 5 Semiconductor bandstructure
Chapter 6 Bandstructure modifications: alloys and heterostructures
Chapter 7 Bandstructure modifications through strain
Chapter 8 Doping of semiconductors
Chapter 9 Lattice vibrations: Phonons
Chapter 10 Transport: General formalism
Chapter 11 Defect and carrier-carrier scattering
Chapter 12 Phonon scattering
Chapter 13 The velocity-field relations
Chapter 14 Transport in heterostructures
Chapter 15 Interactions of photons with semiconductors
Chapter 16 Optical properties in semiconductors: Excitonic transitions
Chapter 17 Semiconductors in magnetic fields
Chapter 18 Defects and disorder in semiconductors
Chapter 19 And now something of real consequence: Devices
Appendix
A The wave packet picture
B Electron in a quantum well
C The harmonic oscillator problem
D Combination of angular momentum states
E Stationary perturbation theory
F Eigen value method to solve coupled equations
G The Zeeman effect
H The variational method
I Time dependent perturbation theory and the Fermi golden rule
J Gaussian and MKSA units
K Numerical evaluation of some physical parameters
L Selected properties of semiconductors
M Evaluation of scattering rates for a Monte Carlo program
N Wide bandgap semiconductors