Quantum Processes In Semiconductors

Author : Brian K. Ridley
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2013-08-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780191664892

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Quantum Processes in Semiconductors by Brian K. Ridley Pdf

This book sets out the fundamental quantum processes that are important in the physics and technology of semiconductors in a relatively informal style that graduate students will find very attractive. The fifth edition includes new chapters that expand the coverage of semiconductor physics relevant to its accompanying technology. One of the problems encountered in high-power transistors is the excessive production of phonons and the first new chapter examines the hot-phonon phenomenon and the lifetime of polar optical phonons in the nitrides. In the burgeoning field of spintronics a crucial parameter is the lifetime of a spin-polarised electron gas, and this is treated in detail in the second of the new chapters. The third new chapter moves from the treatment of bulk properties to the unavoidable effects of the spatial limitation of the semiconductor, and to the influence of surface states and the pinning of the Fermi level. As with previous editions the text restricts its attention to bulk semiconductors. The account progresses from quantum processes describable by density matrices, through the semi-classical Boltzmann equation and its solutions, to the drift-diffusion description of space-charge waves, the latter appearing in the contexts of negative differential resistance, acoustoelectric and recombination instabilities. Besides being a useful reference for workers in the field, this book will be a valuable text for graduate courses.

Author : B. K. Ridley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Quantum theory
ISBN : 7506205661

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Quantum Processes in Semiconductors by B. K. Ridley Pdf

Author : Harald Stumpf
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Science
ISBN : UCAL:B4423141

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Quantum Processes in Polar Semiconductors and Insulators by Harald Stumpf Pdf

Author : Hartmut Haug,Stephan W. Koch
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9812387560

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Quantum Theory of the Optical and Electronic Properties of Semiconductors by Hartmut Haug,Stephan W. Koch Pdf

This invaluable textbook presents the basic elements needed to understand and research into semiconductor physics. It deals with elementary excitations in bulk and low-dimensional semiconductors, including quantum wells, quantum wires and quantum dots. The basic principles underlying optical nonlinearities are developed, including excitonic and many-body plasma effects. Fundamentals of optical bistability, semiconductor lasers, femtosecond excitation, the optical Stark effect, the semiconductor photon echo, magneto-optic effects, as well as bulk and quantum-confined Franz-Keldysh effects, are covered. The material is presented in sufficient detail for graduate students and researchers with a general background in quantum mechanics.

Author : B. K. Ridley
Publisher : Clarendon Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1993-07-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 0198517513

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Quantum Processes in Semiconductors by B. K. Ridley Pdf

This book encapsulates the fundamental quantum processes of importance to the physics and technology of semiconductors. This new edition is expanded by the addition of a new chapter on Phonon processes. The author has also made additions to the existing chapters. Besides being a useful reference for workers in the field this book will be a valuable text for postgraduate courses.

Author : Harald Stumpf
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:631011621

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Quantum Processes in Polar Semiconductors and Insulators by Harald Stumpf Pdf

Author : David K. Ferry
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2017-12-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781351796378

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An Introduction to Quantum Transport in Semiconductors by David K. Ferry Pdf

Throughout their college career, most engineering students have done problems and studies that are basically situated in the classical world. Some may have taken quantum mechanics as their chosen field of study. This book moves beyond the basics to highlight the full quantum mechanical nature of the transport of carriers through nanoelectronic structures. The book is unique in that addresses quantum transport only in the materials that are of interest to microelectronics—semiconductors, with their variable densities and effective masses. The author develops Green’s functions starting from equilibrium Green’s functions and going through modern time-dependent approaches to non-equilibrium Green’s functions, introduces relativistic bands for graphene and topological insulators and discusses the quantum transport changes that these bands induce, and discusses applications such as weak localization and phase breaking processes, resonant tunneling diodes, single-electron tunneling, and entanglement. Furthermore, he also explains modern ensemble Monte Carlo approaches to simulation of various approaches to quantum transport and the hydrodynamic approaches to quantum transport. All in all, the book describes all approaches to quantum transport in semiconductors, thus becoming an essential textbook for advanced graduate students in electrical engineering or physics.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2000-10-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 0080540953

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Ultrafast Physical Processes in Semiconductors by Anonim Pdf

Since its inception in 1966, the series of numbered volumes known as Semiconductors and Semimetals has distinguished itself through the careful selection of well-known authors, editors, and contributors. The Willardson and Beer series, as it is widely known, has succeeded in producing numerous landmark volumes and chapters. Not only did many of these volumes make an impact at the time of their publication, but they continue to be well-cited years after their original release. Recently, Professor Eicke R. Weber of the University of California at Berkeley joined as a co-editor of the series. Professor Weber, a well-known expert in the field of semiconductor materials, will further contribute to continuing the series' tradition of publishing timely, highly relevant, and long-impacting volumes. Some of the recent volumes, such as Hydrogen in Semiconductors, Imperfections in III/V Materials, Epitaxial Microstructures, High-Speed Heterostructure Devices, Oxygen in Silicon, and others promise that this tradition will be maintained and even expanded. Reflecting the truly interdisciplinary nature of the field that the series covers, the volumes in Semiconductors and Semimetals have been and will continue to be of great interest to physicists, chemists, materials scientists, and device engineers in modern industry.

Author : A. Miller
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 990 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2020-12-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781000154375

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Semiconductor Quantum Optoelectronics by A. Miller Pdf

The development and application of low-dimensional semiconductors have been rapid and spectacular during the past decade. Ever improving epitaxial growth and device fabrication techniques have allowed access to some remarkable new physics in quantum confined structures while a plethora of new devices has emerged. The field of optoelectronics in particular has benefited from these advances both in terms of improved performance and the invention of fundamentally new types of device, at a time when the use of optics and lasers in telecommunications, broadcasting, the Internet, signal processing, and computing has been rapidly expanding. An appreciation of the physics of quantum and dynamic electronic processes in confined structures is key to the understanding of many of the latest devices and their continued development. Semiconductor Quantum Optoelectronics covers new physics and the latest device developments in low-dimensional semiconductors. It allows those who already have some familiarity with semiconductor physics and devices to broaden and expand their knowledge into new and expanding topics in low-dimensional semiconductors. The book provides pedagogical coverage of selected areas of new and pertinent physics of low-dimensional structures and presents some optoelectronic devices presently under development. Coverage includes material and band structure issues and the physics of ultrafast, nonlinear, coherent, intersubband, and intracavity phenomena. The book emphasizes various devices, including quantum wells, visible, quantum cascade, and mode-locked lasers; microcavity LEDs and VCSELs; and detectors and logic elements. An underlying theme is high-speed phenomena and devices for increased system bandwidths.

Author : Prasanta Kumar Basu,P. K. Basu
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780198526209

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Theory of Optical Processes in Semiconductors by Prasanta Kumar Basu,P. K. Basu Pdf

Semiconductor optoelectronic devices are at the heart of all information generation and processing systems and are likely to be essential components of future optical computers. With more emphasis on optoelectronics and photonics in graduate programmes in physics and engineering, there is aneed for a text providing a basic understanding of the important physical phenomena involved. Such a training is necessary for the design, optimization, and search for new materials, devices, and application areas. This book provides a simple quantum mechanical theory of important optical processes,i.e. band-to-band, intersubband, and excitonic absorption and recombination in bulk, quantum wells, wires, dots, superlattices, and strained layers including electro-optic effects. The classical theory of absorption, quantization of radiation, and band picture based on k.p perturbation has beenincluded to provide the necessary background. Prerequisites for the book are a knowledge of quantum mechanics and solid state theory. Problems have been set at the end of each chapter, some of which may guide the reader to study processes not covered in the book. The application areas of thephenomena are also indicated.

Author : Karlheinz Seeger
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2013-06-29
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783662050255

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Semiconductor Physics by Karlheinz Seeger Pdf

It provides a lucid account of band structure, density of states, charge transport, energy transport, and optical processes, along with a detailed description of many devices. It includes sections on superlattices and quantum well structures, the effects of deep-level impurities on transport, and the quantum Hall effect. This 8th edition includes new treatments of superlattices, quantum wires, and quantum dots.

Author : Debdeep Jena
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 896 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2022-05-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780192598929

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Quantum Physics of Semiconductor Materials and Devices by Debdeep Jena Pdf

”Quantum Phenomena do not occur in a Hilbert space. They occur in a laboratory”. - Asher Peres Semiconductor physics is a laboratory to learn and discover the concepts of quantum mechanics and thermodynamics, condensed matter physics, and materials science, and the payoffs are almost immediate in the form of useful semiconductor devices. Debdeep Jena has had the opportunity to work on both sides of the fence - on the fundamental materials science and quantum physics of semiconductors, and in their applications in semiconductor electronic and photonic devices. In Quantum Physics of Semiconductors and Nanostructures, Jena uses this experience to make each topic as tangible and accessible as possible to students at all levels. Consider the simplest physical processes that occur in semiconductors: electron or hole transport in bands and over barriers, collision of electrons with the atoms in the crystal, or when electrons and holes annihilate each other to produce a photon. The correct explanation of these processes require a quantum mechanical treatment. Any shortcuts lead to misconceptions that can take years to dispel, and sometimes become roadblocks towards a deeper understanding and appreciation of the richness of the subject. A typical introductory course on semiconductor physics would then require prerequisites of quantum mechanics, statistical physics and thermodynamics, materials science, and electromagnetism. Rarely would a student have all this background when (s)he takes a course of this nature in most universities. Jena's work fills in these gaps and gives students the background and deeper understanding of the quantum physics of semiconductors and nanostructures.

Author : Kong-Thon Tsen
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2004-02-25
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 354040239X

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Ultrafast Dynamical Processes in Semiconductors by Kong-Thon Tsen Pdf

An international team of experts describes the optical and electronic properties of semiconductors and semiconductor nanostructures at picosecond and femtosecond time scales. The contributions cover the latest research on a wide range of topics. In particular they include novel experimental techniques for studying and characterizing nanostructure materials. The contributions are written in a tutorial way so that not only researchers in the field but also researchers and graduate students outside the field can benefit.

Author : Jacques I. Pankove
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780486138701

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Optical Processes in Semiconductors by Jacques I. Pankove Pdf

Comprehensive text and reference covers all phenomena involving light in semiconductors, emphasizing modern applications in semiconductor lasers, electroluminescence, photodetectors, photoconductors, photoemitters, polarization effects, absorption spectroscopy, more. Numerous problems. 339 illustrations.

Author : Hartmut Haug,Stephan W Koch
Publisher : World Scientific Publishing Company
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2004-02-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789813106192

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Quantum Theory of the Optical and Electronic Properties of Semiconductors by Hartmut Haug,Stephan W Koch Pdf

This invaluable textbook presents the basic elements needed to understand and research into semiconductor physics. It deals with elementary excitations in bulk and low-dimensional semiconductors, including quantum wells, quantum wires and quantum dots. The basic principles underlying optical nonlinearities are developed, including excitonic and many-body plasma effects. Fundamentals of optical bistability, semiconductor lasers, femtosecond excitation, the optical Stark effect, the semiconductor photon echo, magneto-optic effects, as well as bulk and quantum-confined Franz–Keldysh effects, are covered. The material is presented in sufficient detail for graduate students and researchers with a general background in quantum mechanics.