Semiconductor Modeling Techniques

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Balkan, Naci (Editor), Xavier, Marie (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Series: Springer Series in Materials Science, 159
• Subjects: Physics.; Nanoscale science.; Nanoscience.; Nanostructures.; Semiconductors.; Electronic circuits.; Electronics.; Microelectronics.; Optical materials.; Electronic materials.; Optical and Electronic Materials.; Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation.; Electronic Circuits and Devices.; Applied and Technical Physics.; Nanoscale Science and Technology.

This book describes the key theoretical techniques for semiconductor research to quantitatively calculate and simulate the properties. It presents particular techniques to study novel semiconductor materials, such as 2D heterostructures, quantum wires, quantum dots and nitrogen containing III-V allo...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction to semiconductor heterostructures
• Finite element method and applications in semiconductors
• Theory of electronic transport in nanostructures
• Electron-phonon interactions
• Nonlinear effects at high electric fields
• Band structure engineering for optoelectronic devices
• Tight-binding/pseudo-potential calculations
• Theory and modelling of vertical cavity devices
• Fundamental theory of lasers and SOAs.