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Synopsis
This monograph solely presents the Fowler-Nordheim field emission (FNFE) from semiconductors and their nanostructures. The book covers a wide range of different technologically important electronic compounds, and contains 200 open research problems.
About the Author
PROF. DR. ENG. KAMAKHYA PRASAD GHATAK author of another Springer book, "Electric Power in Nanostructured Materials under Strong Magnetic Field" to be published in 2010. All Indian Council for Technical Education selected his Research & Development project for the best project award in Electronics and second best research project award considering all the branches of Engineering for the year 2006. DR. SITANGSHU BHATTACHARYA obtained his M. Sc. and Ph.D Degree from Electronic Science of the University of Calcutta and Jadavpur University, India in 2003 and 2009 respectively and is presently working at the Centre for Electronics Design and Technology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. His current work involves the investigations of transport properties of different nanoscaled materials and devices under various external conditions. He is the co-author of more than 40 scientific research papers in different aspects of nanostructures in international peer-reviewed journals of high repute. He is also the co-author of three aforementioned research monographs.His present research interests are the quantum effect devices and nonlinearities. Besides, he is an invited speaker in different reputed International Conferences on nanoscale systems and devices.
Table of Contents
PART-I: FOWLER-NORDHEIM FIELD EMISSION FROM QUANTUM WIRES AND SUPERLATTICES OF NON-PARABOLIC MATERIALS.- Field emission from quantum wires of non-parabolic materials.- Field emission from quantum wire superlattices of non-parabolic materials.- Field emission from quantum confined materials under magnetic quantization.- Field emission from super lattices of non-parabolic materials under magnetic quantization.- PART-II: FOWLER-NORDHEIM FIELD EMISSION FROM QUANTUM CONFINED OPTOELECTRONIC MATERIALS IN THE PRESENCE OF LIGHT WAVES.- Field emission from quantum confined materials in the presence of light waves.- PART - III: FOWLER-NORDHEIM FIELD EMISSION FROM QUANTUM CONFINED OPTOELECTRONIC MATERIALS IN THE PRESENCE OF INTENCE ELECTRIC FIELD.- Field emission from quantum confined optoelectronic materials.- Applications and Brief Review of Experimental Results.