ENGLISH

Electrons and Phonons in Semiconductor Multilayers

By B. K. Ridley

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2009
ISBN
9780521516273, 0521516277
LCC
QC611.6.S9 R54 2009
Open Library ID
OL22982816M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (3985465 bytes)
Edition
2
Pages
423\423
Library
Kingdwarf
Scanned
yes
Time added
2010-01-07 06:59:20
Физика;Физика твердого тела;Физика полупроводников

Description

Advances in nanotechnology have generated semiconductor structures that are only a few molecular layers thick, and this has important consequences for the physics of electrons and phonons in such structures. This book describes in detail how confinement of electrons and phonons in quantum wells and wires affects the physical properties of the semiconductor. This second edition contains four new chapters on spin relaxation, based on recent theoretical research; the hexagonal wurtzite lattice; nitride structures, whose novel properties stem from their spontaneous electric polarization; and terahertz sources, which includes an account of the controversies that surrounded the concepts of Bloch oscillations and Wannier-Stark states. The book is unique in describing the microscopic theory of optical phonons, the radical change in their nature due to confinement, and how they interact with electrons. It will interest graduate students and researchers working in semiconductor physics.

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