Synopses & Reviews
This book traces the quest to use nanostructured media for novel and improved optoelectronic devices. Starting with the invention of the heterostructure laser, the progression via thin films to quasi zero-dimensional quantum dots has led to novel device concepts and tremendous improvements in device performance. Along the way sophisticated methods of material preparation and characterization have been developed. Novel physical phenomena have emerged and are now used in devices such as lasers and optical amplifiers. Leading experts - among them Nobel laureate Zhores Alferov - write here about the fundamental concepts behind nano-optoelectronics, the material basis, physical phenomena, device physics and systems.
Review
"This is an excellent reference book on semiconductor quantum dots and quantum dot devices and will be a valuable resource for researchers and students working in the field."
--The Physicist
Review
From the reviews: "This is an excellent book covering various aspects of semiconductor quantum dots ranging from theory, growth, structural, electronic and optical properties to devices such as quantum dot lasers, photodetectors and optical amplifiers. ... will be a valuable resource for researchers and students working in the field." (Chennupati Jagadish, The Physicist, Vol. 40 (1), 2003)
Synopsis
Traces the quest to use nanostructured media for novel and improved optoelectronic devices. Leading experts - among them Nobel laureate Zhores Alferov - write here about the fundamental concepts behind nano-optoelectronics, the material basis, physical phenomena, device physics and systems.
Table of Contents
From the contents: The History of Heterostructure Lasers.- Stress-Engineered Quantum Dots: Nature's Way.- Characterization of Structure and Composition of Quantum Dots by TEM.- STM Characterization of InAs Nanostructures Formed on GaAs(001).- Cross-Sectional STM at InAs Quantum Dots.- X-Ray Characterization of Group III Nitrides (Al,In,Ga)N.- Theory of the Electronic and Optical Properties of InGaAs/GaAs Quantum Dots.- Magneto-Tunneling Spectroscopy of Self-Assembled InAs Dots.- Optical Properties of Self-Organized Quantum Dots.- Theory of Quantum Dot Lasers.- InP/GaInP Quantum Dot Lasers.- High Power Quantum Dot Lasers.- Ultrafast Optical Properties of Quantum Dot Amplifiers.