Spectroscopy of Semiconductors

Description

The science and technology related to semiconductors have received significant attention for applications in various fields including microelectronics, nanophotonics, and biotechnologies. Understanding of semiconductors has advanced to such a level that we are now able to design novel system complexes before we go for the proof-of-principle experimental demonstration. This book explains the experimental setups for optical spectral analysis of semiconductors and describes the experimental methods and the basic quantum mechanical principles underlying the fast-developing nanotechnology for semiconductors. Further, it uses numerous case studies with detailed theoretical discussions and calculations to demonstrate the data analysis. Covering structures ranging from bulk to the nanoscale, it examines applications in the semiconductor industry and biomedicine. Starting from the most basic physics of geometric optics, wave optics, quantum mechanics, solid-state physics, it provides a self-contained resource on the subject for university undergraduates. The book can be further used as a toolbox for researching and developing semiconductor nanotechnology based on spectroscopy. Front Matter ....Pages i-x Optical Spectral Measurement (Wei Lu, Ying Fu)....Pages 1-21 Introduction to Physics and Optical Properties of Semiconductors (Wei Lu, Ying Fu)....Pages 23-71 Reflection and Transmission (Wei Lu, Ying Fu)....Pages 73-106 Photoluminescence (Wei Lu, Ying Fu)....Pages 107-158 Modulation Spectroscopy (Wei Lu, Ying Fu)....Pages 159-183 Photocurrent Spectroscopy (Wei Lu, Ying Fu)....Pages 185-205 Optical Properties of Fluorescent Colloidal Quantum Dots (Wei Lu, Ying Fu)....Pages 207-235 Back Matter ....Pages 237-240