Fundamentals of Solid State Engineering

Description

The fourth edition of this class-tested, multi-disciplinary introduction to solid state engineering adds dozens of revised and updated sections and problems, as well as three new chapters on solar energy harvesting, thermal and photothermal energy harvesting, and photo-thermovoltaics. Combining concepts from physics, chemistry, electrical engineering, materials science, and mechanical engineering, Professor Razeghi describes electron-electron and electron-phonon interactions, the Kane effective mass method, the carbon atom, thermal properties of crystals, the harmonic oscillator, the hydrogen atom, the quantum mechanical description of angular momentum, and the origin of spin in a chapter devoted to quantum mechanics. This textbook features an improved transport theory description that goes beyond Drude theory, discussing the Boltzmann approach. Introducing students to the rigorous quantum mechanical way of thinking about and formulating transport processes, this fourth edition presents the basic physics concepts and thorough treatment of semiconductor characterization technology, designed for solid state engineers. Front Matter ....Pages i-xxxi Electronic Structure of Atoms (Manijeh Razeghi)....Pages 1-28 The Carbon Atom (Manijeh Razeghi)....Pages 29-49 Crystalline Properties of Solids (Manijeh Razeghi)....Pages 51-84 Introduction to Quantum Mechanics (Manijeh Razeghi)....Pages 85-147 Electrons and Energy Band Structures in Crystals (Manijeh Razeghi)....Pages 149-201 Phonons and Thermal Properties (Manijeh Razeghi)....Pages 203-250 Equilibrium Charge Carrier Statistics in Semiconductors (Manijeh Razeghi)....Pages 251-274 Non-equilibrium Electrical Properties of Semiconductors (Manijeh Razeghi)....Pages 275-318 Semiconductor p-n and Metal-Semiconductor Junctions (Manijeh Razeghi)....Pages 319-363 Optical Properties of Semiconductors (Manijeh Razeghi)....Pages 365-407 Solar Energy Harvesting (Manijeh Razeghi)....Pages 409-419 Thermal and Photothermal Energy Harvesting (Manijeh Razeghi)....Pages 421-445 Photo-thermovoltaics (Manijeh Razeghi)....Pages 447-460 Electron-Electron Interactions: Screening (Manijeh Razeghi)....Pages 461-472 Semiconductor Heterostructures and Low-Dimensional Quantum Structures (Manijeh Razeghi)....Pages 473-512 Quantum Transport (Manijeh Razeghi)....Pages 513-553 Compound Semiconductors and Crystal Growth Techniques (Manijeh Razeghi)....Pages 555-596 Semiconductor Characterization Techniques (Manijeh Razeghi)....Pages 597-621 Defects (Manijeh Razeghi)....Pages 623-640 Back Matter ....Pages 641-689