Quantum Kinetics in Transport and Optics of Semiconductors

• Main Authors: Haug, Hartmut (Author), Jauho, Antti-Pekka (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Series: Solid-State Sciences, 123
• Subjects: Physics.; Mass spectrometry.; Optics.; Electrodynamics.; Elementary particles (Physics).; Quantum field theory.; Condensed matter.; Optoelectronics.; Plasmons (Physics).; Statistical physics.; Dynamical systems.; Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory.; Optics and Electrodynamics.; Mass Spectrometry.; Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity.; Condensed Matter Physics.; Optics, Optoelectronics, Plasmonics and Optical Devices.

Nanoscale miniaturization and femtosecond laser-pulse spectroscopy require a quantum mechanical description of the carrier kinetics that goes beyond the conventional Boltzmann theory. On these extremely short length and time scales the electrons behave like partially coherent waves. This monograph d...