Physics and Applications of Semiconductor Microstructures
Clarendon Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-853927-8 (ISBN)
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This textbook aims to outline all the key concepts concerning the description and applications of novel semiconductor microstructures such as quantum wells, superlattices and heterojunction microdevices in general (eg lasers, transistors, optical detectors and switches). It is designed to bridge the gap between the conventional courses in solid state physics and electronics, properties of materials and optoelectronics, and the current research publications on semiconductor microstructures. Only a minimum background knowledge of solid state physics and quantum mechanics is assumed so that the book should be accessible to undergraduates and first year postgraduates in electronics, materials sciences and physics. It is also designed for those who wish to become familiar with the basic facts of this field and whose background is in another scientific subject. The descriptive passages can be read in most parts without the mathematics introduced in the first chapters of the book so that the text may also be suitable as a basis for a low level lecture course.
Description of non-interacting electrons in periodic structures - free-electron model; quantum states of electrons interacting with a weak periodic potential - nearly-free-electron band structure; localized representation of electron states in solids - tight-binding model; basic observable properties of semiconductor materials - thermal excitations, lattice vibrations, optical absorption and emission, impurity levels, p-n junctions, diffusion - Einstein's relation, electron motion in electric field; electronic structure - optical and transport parameters of technologically important semiconductors; physics of semiconductor interfaces; quantum wells, superlattices, quantum wires and dots; electron transport in microstructures - Poole-Frenkel effect, Josephson tunnelling; optical properties of microstructures - propagation of electromagnetic waves in dielectrics, origin of non-linear effects; wave mixing, bistability, self-focusing and soliton propagation; fabrication and characterization of semiconductor microstructures - methods of crystal growth, lithography, dry etching, direct writing, Langmuir-Blodgett-Roberts films, digital MBE growth, surface spectroscopy, quantum Hall effect, determination of heterojunction band line-ups; application of semiconductor microstructures in electronic devices - planar silicon technology, MOSFET and biopolar transistors, high-electron-mobility transistor (HEMT), hot-electron transistors; application of semiconductor microstructures in optoelectronics - heterojunction lasers, photodetectors, optical fibres and switches, application of photonics in information technology. Appendices: 1 - hydrogenic levels; 2 - particle in a one-dimensional rectangular well; 3 - solution of the Schrodinger equation for a periodic one-dimensional (Kronig-Penney) potential.
| Reihe/Serie | Semiconductor Science & Technology S. ; 1 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Oxford |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 445 g |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Festkörperphysik |
| Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-853927-4 / 0198539274 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-853927-8 / 9780198539278 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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