Polarization Effects in Semiconductors From Ab InitioTheory to Device Applications /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Wood, Colin (Editor), Jena, Debdeep (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2008.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Solid state physics.; Spectroscopy.; Microscopy.; Electronics.; Microelectronics.; Electronic circuits.; Optical materials.; Electronic materials.; Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation.; Solid State Physics.; Spectroscopy and Microscopy.; Circuits and Systems.; Optical and Electronic Materials.; Engineering, general.

Polarization Effects in Semiconductors: From Ab Initio Theory to Device Applications presents the latest understanding of the solid state physics, electronic implications and practical applications of the unique spontaneous or pyro-electric polarization charge of wurtzite compound semiconductors, an...

Table of Contents:

• Theoretical Approach to Polarization Effects in Semiconductors
• Polarization Induced Effects in GaN-based Heterostructures and Novel Sensors
• Lateral and Vertical Charge Transport in Polar Nitride Heterostructures
• Polarization Effects on Low-Field Transport & Mobility in III-V Nitride HEMTs
• Local Polarization Effects in Nitride Heterostructures and Devices
• Polarization in Wide Bandgap Semiconductors and their Characterization by Scanning Probe Microscopy
• Functionally Graded Polar Heterostuctures: New Materials for Multifunctional Devices
• Polarization in GaN Based Heterostructures and Heterojunction Field Effect Transistors (HFETs)
• Effects of Polarization in Optoelectronic Quantum Structures.