Format:
Online-Ressource (XVIII, 639p. 250 illus. in color, digital)
Edition:
Third, Revised and Enlarged Edition
ISBN:
9783540264750
Series Statement:
Graduate Texts in Physics
Content:
Provides detailed explanations of the electronic, vibrational, transport, and optical properties of semiconductors. This textbook emphasizes understanding the physical properties of Si and similar tetrahedrally coordinated semiconductors and features an extensive collection of tables of material parameters, figures, and problems
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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CONTENTS; 1. Introduction; 1.1 A Survey of Semiconductors; 1.2 Growth Techniques; Summary; Periodic Table of "Semiconductor-Forming" Elements; 2. Electronic Band Structures; 2.1 Quantum Mechanics; 2.2 Translational Symmetry and Brillouin Zones; 2.3 A Pedestrian's Guide to Group Theory; 2.4 Empty Lattice or Nearly Free Electron Energy Bands; 2.5 Band Structure Calculations by Pseudopotential Methods; 2.6 The k·p Method of Band-Structure Calculations; 2.7 Tight-Binding or LCAO Approach to the Band Structureof Semiconductors; Problems; Summary
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3. Vibrational Properties of Semiconductors, and Electron-Phonon Interactions3.1 Phonon Dispersion Curves of Semiconductors; 3.2 Models for Calculating Phonon Dispersion Curvesof Semiconductors; 3.3 Electron-Phonon Interactions; Problems; Summary; 4. Electronic Properties of Defects; 4.1 Classification of Defects; 4.2 Shallow or Hydrogenic Impurities; 4.3 Deep Centers; Problems; Summary; 5. Electrical Transport; 5.1 Quasi-Classical Approach; 5.2 Carrier Mobility for a Nondegenerate Electron Gas; 5.3 Modulation Doping; 5.4 High-Field Transport and Hot Carrier Effects
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5.5 Magneto-Transport and the Hall EffectProblems; Summary; 6. Optical Properties I; 6.1 Macroscopic Electrodynamics; 6.2 The Dielectric Function; 6.3 Excitons; 6.4 Phonon-Polaritons and Lattice Absorption; 6.5 Absorption Associated with Extrinsic Electrons; 6.6 Modulation Spectroscopy; 6.7 Addendum (Third Edition): Dielectric Function; Problems; Summary; 7. Optical Properties II; 7.1 Emission Spectroscopies; 7.2 Light Scattering Spectroscopies; Problems; Summary; 8. Photoelectron Spectroscopy; 8.1 Photoemission; 8.2 Inverse Photoemission; 8.3 Surface Effects; Problems; Summary
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9. Effect of Quantum Confinement on Electrons and Phonons in Semiconductors9.1 Quantum Confinement and Density of States; 9.2 Quantum Confinement of Electrons and Holes; 9.3 Phonons in Superlattices; 9.4 Raman Spectra of Phonons in Semiconductor Superlattices; 9.5 Electrical Transport: Resonant Tunneling; 9.6 Quantum Hall Effects in Two-Dimensional Electron Gases; 9.7 Concluding Remarks; Problems; Summary; Appendix: Pioneers of Semiconductor Physics Remember...; Ultra-Pure Germanium: From Applied to Basic Researchor an Old Semiconductor Offering New OpportunitiesBy Eugene E. Haller
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Two Pseudopotential Methods: Empirical and Ab InitioBy Marvin L. CohenThe Early Stages of Band-Structures Physicsand Its Struggles for a Place in the SunBy Conyers Herring; Cyclotron Resonance and Structure of Conductionand Valence Band Edges in Silicon and GermaniumBy Charles Kittel; Optical Properties of Amorphous Semiconductors and Solar Cells By Jan Tauc; Optical Spectroscopy of Shallow Impurity CentersBy Elias Burstein; On the Prehistory of Angular Resolved PhotoemissionBy Neville V. Smith; The Discovery and Very Basics of the Quantum Hall EffectBy Klaus von Klitzing
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The Birth of the Semiconductor SuperlatticeBy Leo Esaki
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783540254706
Additional Edition:
Buchausg. u.d.T. Yu, Peter Y., 1944 - Fundamentals of semiconductors Berlin : Springer, 2005 ISBN 9783540254706
Additional Edition:
ISBN 3540254706
Language:
English
Subjects:
Physics
Keywords:
Halbleiterphysik
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Halbleiter
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Halbleiterphysik
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Halbleiterphysik
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Lehrbuch
Author information:
Yu, Peter Y. 1944-
Author information:
Cardona, Manuel 1934-2014
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