Basic Semiconductor Physics

• Main Author: Hamaguchi, Chihiro (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Subjects: Physics.; Condensed matter.; Electrical engineering.; Electronics.; Microelectronics.; Optical materials.; Electronic materials.; Materials science.; Condensed Matter Physics.; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials.; Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation.; Electrical Engineering.; Optical and Electronic Materials.

This book presents a detailed description of the basic semiconductor physics. The reader is assumed to have a basic command of mathematics and some elementary knowledge of solid state physics. The text covers a wide range of important phenomena in semiconductors, from the simple to the advanced. The...

Table of Contents:

• Energy Band Structures of Semiconductors
• Cyclotron Resonance and Energy Band Structures
• Wannier Function and Effective Mass Approximation
• Optical Properties 1
• Optical Properties 2
• Electron#x2014;Phonon Interaction and Electron Transport
• Magnetotransport Phenomena
• Quantum Structures
• Light Emission and Laser.