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Electronic States and Optical Transitions in Semiconductor Heterostructures

  • Provides the theoretical basis and experimental knowledge underlying the electronic and optical properties of heterostructuresan area crucial to modern semiconductor design * Describes the electronic properties of various types of heterostructures, including discussions on complex band-structure effects, localized states, tunneling phenomena, and excitonic states * Also focuses on optical properties, including intraband absorption, luminescence and recombination, and Raman scattering * Presents an overview of some of the applications that make use of the physics discussed *
  • Appendices provide background information on band structure theory, kinetic theory, electromagnetic modes, and Coulomb effects

Part of the book series: Graduate Texts in Contemporary Physics (GTCP)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
  2. Introduction

    • Fedor T. Vasko, Alex V. Kuznetsov
    Pages 1-3
  3. Electronic Structure of Abrupt Heterojunctions

    • Fedor T. Vasko, Alex V. Kuznetsov
    Pages 5-33
  4. Electrons in Low-Dimensional Structures

    • Fedor T. Vasko, Alex V. Kuznetsov
    Pages 35-67
  5. Tunneling in Heterostructures

    • Fedor T. Vasko, Alex V. Kuznetsov
    Pages 69-96
  6. Impurity States and Excitons in Heterostructures

    • Fedor T. Vasko, Alex V. Kuznetsov
    Pages 97-120
  7. Interband Optical Transitions in Heterostructures

    • Fedor T. Vasko, Alex V. Kuznetsov
    Pages 121-153
  8. Radiative Processes in Heterostructures

    • Fedor T. Vasko, Alex V. Kuznetsov
    Pages 155-180
  9. Scattering of Light on Low-Dimensional Electrons

    • Fedor T. Vasko, Alex V. Kuznetsov
    Pages 181-202
  10. Intersubband Optical Transitions

    • Fedor T. Vasko, Alex V. Kuznetsov
    Pages 203-236
  11. Nonlinear Optics of Heterostructures

    • Fedor T. Vasko, Alex V. Kuznetsov
    Pages 237-259
  12. Ultrafast Processes in Heterostructures

    • Fedor T. Vasko, Alex V. Kuznetsov
    Pages 261-290
  13. Heterostructure-Based Optoelectronic Devices

    • Fedor T. Vasko, Alex V. Kuznetsov
    Pages 291-320
  14. Back Matter

    Pages 321-401

About this book

The study of semiconductor heterostructures started more than forty years ago. In the 1980s this area of research moved to the forefront of semiconduc­ tor physics, largely due to progress in growth technologies which are now capable of producing ultrathin layers (up to a few monolayers) of different semiconductor materials. The availability of structures with nearly ideal, well-controlled properties has made semiconductor heterostructures a test­ ing ground for solid-state physics. These structures have had a profound impact on basic research in semiconductor physics by opening new possibil­ ities for studying low-dimensional electrons, as well as the atomic and elec­ tronic properties of interfaces. Semiconductor heterostructures have also a variety of important practical applications: they provide a material basis for a number of novel devices, and also open the way for improving the operating characteristics of traditional micro- and optoelectronic compo­ nents. As a result of the growing importance of heterostructure physics, more and more people are entering this dynamic field, either from graduate school or from other areas of research. For the new entrants, the task of familiariz­ ing themselves with the vast body of existing knowledge about heterostruc­ tures has become quite a challenge, due to the rapid development of the field and its increasing subdivision into distinct subfields. Even for those who already work in one area of heterostructure physics, keeping up with the developments in neighboring areas is not an easy task. The purpose of this book is to make heterostructure physics more accessible.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Ukrainian Academy of Science, Institute of Semiconductors, Kiev, Ukraine

    Fedor T. Vasko

  • CastleNet, LLC, New York, USA

    Alex V. Kuznetsov

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Electronic States and Optical Transitions in Semiconductor Heterostructures

  • Authors: Fedor T. Vasko, Alex V. Kuznetsov

  • Series Title: Graduate Texts in Contemporary Physics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-0535-7

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1999

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-98567-1Published: 07 December 1998

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4612-6807-9Published: 28 September 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4612-0535-7Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0938-037X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VII, 401

  • Topics: Optical and Electronic Materials

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