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Optics of Semiconductors and Their Nanostructures

By Stephan W. Koch , Mackillo Kira (auth.) , Professor Dr. Heinz Kalt , Dr. Michael Hetterich (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
2004
ISBN
978-3-642-06042-7, 978-3-662-09115-9
DOI
10.1007/978-3-662-09115-9
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
12 MB (12649631 bytes)
Series
Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences 146
Edition
1
Pages
348\359
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-08-01 04:00:00
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Description

In recent years the field of semiconductor optics has been pushed to several extremes. The size of semiconductor structures has shrunk to dimensions of a few nanometers, the semiconductor-light interaction is studied on timescales as fast as a few femtoseconds, and transport properties on a length scale far below the wavelength of light have been revealed. These advances were driven by rapid improvements in both semiconductor and optical technologies and were further facilitated by progress in the theoretical description of optical excitations in semiconductors. This book, written by leading experts in the field, provides an up-to-date introduction to the optics of semiconductors and their nanostructures so as to help the reader understand these exciting new developments. It also discusses recently established applications, such as blue-light emitters, as well as the quest for future applications in areas such as spintronics, quantum information processing, and third-generation solar cells.

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