Synopses & Reviews
This textbook combines a thorough theoretical treatment of the basic physics of semiconductors with applications to practical devices by putting special emphasis on the physical principles upon which these devices operate. Topics treated are the detailed band structure of semiconductors, the effect of impurities on electronic states, and semiconductor statistics. Also discussed are lattice dynamical, transport, and surface properties as well as optical, magneto-optical, and electro-optical properties. The applied part of the book treats p-n junctions, bipolar junction transistors, semiconductor lasers and photodevices, after which the subject of heterostructures and superlattices is taken up with coverage of electronic, lattice dynamical, optical, and transport properties. The book concludes with treatments of metal-semiconductor devices such as MOSFETs and devices based on heterostructures. Graduate students and lecturers in semiconductor physics, condensed matter physics, electromagnetic theory, and quantum mechanics will find this a useful textbook and reference work.
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Synopsis
This textbook combines a thorough theoretical treatment of the basic physics of semiconductors with applications to practical devices by putting special emphasis on the physical principles upon which these devices operate. Topics treated are the detailed band structure of semiconductors, the effect of impurities on electronic states, and semiconductor statistics. Also discussed are lattice dynamical, transport, and surface properties as well as optical, magneto-optical, and electro-optical properties. The applied part of the book treats p-n junctions, bipolar junction transistors, semiconductor lasers and photodevices, after which the subject of heterostructures and superlattices is taken up with coverage of electronic, lattice dynamical, optical, and transport properties. The book concludes with treatments of metal-semiconductor devices such as MOSFETs and devices based on heterostructures. Graduate students and lecturers in semiconductor physics, condensed matter physics, electromagnetic theory, and quantum mechanics will find this a useful textbook and reference work.
Table of Contents
Preface
1. Basic characteristics of semiconductors
2. Electronic energy bands: Basic theory
3. Electronic energy bands: Semiconductors
4. Kinematics and dynamics of electrons and holes in energy bands
5. Electronic effects of impurities
6. Semiconductor statistics
7. Lattice vibrations in semiconductors
8. Charge carrier scattering and transport properties
9. Surface properties of semiconductors
10. Optical properties of semiconductors
11. Magneto-optical and electro-optical phenomena
12. P-N junctions in semiconductors
13. Bipolar junction transistor
14. Semiconductor lasers and photodevices
15. Heterostructures: Electronic states
16. Phonons in superlattices
17. Optical properties of heterostructures
18. Transport properties of heterostructures
19. Metal-semiconductor devices
20. Applications of semiconductor heterostructures