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- Describes in detail the broad reaching complexity and greatly increased design versatility allowed by polarization effects in high power electronic devices
- Authored primarily by the physics, applied physics and electrical engineering professors and students who worked for 5 years under the "Polarization Effects in Semiconductors" DOD funded Multi Disciplinary University Research Initiative
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Polarization Effects in Semiconductors: From Ab Initio Theory to Device Applications presents the latest understanding of the solid state physics, electronic implications and practical applications of the unique spontaneous or pyro-electric polarization charge of wurtzite compound semiconductors, and associated piezo-electric effects in strained thin film heterostructures. These heterostructures are used in wide band gap semiconductor based sensors, in addition to various electronic and opto-electronic semiconductor devices.
The book covers the ab initio theory of polarization in cubic and hexagonal semiconductors, growth of thin film GaN, GaN/AlGaN GaAlN/ AlGaInN, and other nitrides, and SiC heterostructures. It discusses the effects of spontaneous and piezoelectric polarization on band diagrams and electronic properties of abrupt and compositionally graded heterostructures, electronic characterization of polarization-induced charge distributions by scanning-probe spectroscopies, and gauge factors and strain effects. In addition, polarization in extended defects, piezo-electric strain/charge engineering, and application to device design and processing are covered. The effects of polarization on the fundamental electron transport properties, and on the basic optical transitions are described. The crucial role of polarization in devices such as high electron mobility transistors (HEMTs) and light-emitting diodes (LEDs) is covered.
The chapters are authored by professors and researchers in the fields of physics, applied physics and electrical engineering, who worked for 5 years under the "Polarization Effects in Semiconductors" DOD funded Multi Disciplinary University Research Initiative. This book will be of interest to graduate students and researchers working in the field of wide-bandgap semiconductor physics and their device applications. It will also be useful for practicing engineers in the field of wide-bandgap semiconductor device research and development.
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Polarization Effects in Semiconductors
Book Subtitle: From Ab Initio Theory to Device Applications
Editors: Colin Wood, Debdeep Jena
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-68319-5
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag US 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-36831-3Published: 10 December 2007
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-4228-9Published: 29 October 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-68319-5Published: 16 October 2007
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 515
Topics: Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation, Solid State Physics, Spectroscopy and Microscopy, Circuits and Systems, Optical and Electronic Materials, Engineering, general