Semiconductor Physics

An Introduction

Karlheinz Seeger (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

X, 538 Seiten

2010 | 9. Softcover reprint of hardcover 9th ed. 2004
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
978-3-642-06023-6 (ISBN)

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This book, now in its ninth edition, still has the character of a textbook with the emphasis on "Physics". The volume has increased somewhat because several improvements have been made and some new items have been included. In Sect. 13. 2 the new Quantum Cascade Laser which covers the far in frared spectral range has been added. In Sect. 14. 4 the theory of the quantum Hall effect is now based on ballistic transport which in a more general respect without referring to the then still unknown quantum Hall effect was consid ered already by Rudolf Peierls. In the same chapter, the recent discovery of a low-temperature resistance oscillation in a very pure semiconductor under the influence of combined dc and ac electric fields in addition to a magnetic field is presented. Furthermore, quantum Hall effect observations with an unprece dented high precision are remarkable and may give a new impetus to theory. A new Sect. 15. 5 presents information about coaxial carbon tubes of nanometer size diameter and how they are integrated as the current transporting element in a field effect transistor. In another new addition Sect. 15. 6 with the title Molecular Electronics, the current-voltage rectifying characteristics of an or ganic Langmuir-Blodgett film of nanometer thickness is shown. These efforts serve to demonstrate where the ever decreasing size of electronic circuits may come to its natural limits. The system of units preferred here is the SI system.

1. Elementary Properties of Semiconductors.- 2. Energy Band Structure.- 3. Semiconductor Statistics.- 4. Charge and Energy Transport in a Nondegenerate Electron Gas.- 5. Carrier Diffusion Processes.- 6. Scattering Processes in a Spherical One-Valley Model.- 7. Charge Transport and Scattering Processes in the Many-Valley Model.- 8. Carrier Transport in the Warped-Sphere Model.- 9. Quantum Effects in Transport Phenomena.- 10. Impact Ionization and Avalanche Breakdown.- 11. Optical Absorption and Reflection.- 12. Photoconductivity.- 13. Light Generation by Semiconductors.- 14. Surface and Interface Properties and the Quantum Hall Effect.- 15. Miscellaneous Semiconductors.- Appendices.- A. Table A: Physical Constants.- B. Envelope wave function for Quantum Wells.- C. Table C: Semiconductor and Semimetal Data.- References.- About the Author.

From the reviews of the ninth edition:

"This book of K. Seeger is one of the mostly used source book in the field of semiconductor physics. ... it has become the reference book of many teachers, students and researchers, both in fundamental and applied solid state science. ... Altogether ... this book will undoubtedly continue to be very attractive as a reference book for teachers and researchers in the field of semiconductors." (Michel Wautelet, Physicalia Magazine, Vol. 28 (1), 2006)

Erscheint lt. Verlag	15.12.2010
Reihe/Serie	Advanced Texts in Physics
Zusatzinfo	X, 538 p. 37 illus.
Verlagsort	Berlin
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	814 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Elektrodynamik
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Optik
	Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
	Technik ► Maschinenbau
Schlagworte	Diffusion • Electronics • Hall Effect • PED • quantum dot • Quantum Hall Effect • Scattering processes • semiconductor • Semiconductor physics • semiconductors
ISBN-10	3-642-06023-4 / 3642060234
ISBN-13	978-3-642-06023-6 / 9783642060236
Zustand	Neuware