Physics of Nanostructured Solid State Devices

• Main Author: Bandyopadhyay, Supriyo (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Solid state physics.; Spectroscopy.; Microscopy.; Electronics.; Microelectronics.; Nanotechnology.; Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation.; Solid State Physics.; Spectroscopy and Microscopy.

Physics of Nanostructured Solid State Devices introduces readers to theories and concepts such as semi-classical and quantum mechanical descriptions of electron transport, methods for calculations of band structures in solids with applications in calculation of optical constants, and other advanced...

Table of Contents:

• Charge and Current in Solids: The Classical Drift-Diffusion Model
• Boltzmann Transport: Beyond the Drift-Diffusion Model
• Some Essential Elements of Quantum Mechanics
• Band Structures of Crystalline Solids
• Carrier Scattering in Solids
• Optical Properties of Solids
• Magnetic Field Effects in a Nanostructured Device
• Quantum Transport Formalisms
• Quantum Devices and Mesoscopic Phenomena.