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Semiconductor Optics

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  • © 2005

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Authors:
  1. Claus Klingshirn

    1. Institute of Applied Physics, University of Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany

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  • Includes all current topics in semiconductor optics
  • Experimental and theoretical approach
  • Application oriented
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Advanced Texts in Physics (ADTP)

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Table of contents (27 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XXV
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  2. Introduction

    Pages 1-10

  3. Maxwell's Equations, Photons and the Density of States

    Pages 11-35

  4. Interaction of Light with Matter

    Pages 37-72

  5. Ensemble of Uncoupled Oscillators

    Pages 73-90

  6. The Concept of Polaritons

    Pages 91-121

  7. Kramers-Kronig Relations

    Pages 123-127

  8. Crystals, Lattices, Lattice Vibrations and Phonons

    Pages 129-159

  9. Electrons in a Periodic Crystal

    Pages 161-239

  10. Excitons, Biexcitons and Trions

    Pages 241-262

  11. Plasmons, Magnons and some Further Elementary Excitations

    Pages 263-271

  12. Optical Properties of Phonons

    Pages 273-286

  13. Optical Properties of Plasmons, Plasmon-Phonon Mixed States and of Magnons

    Pages 287-293

  14. Optical Properties of Intrinsic Excitons in Bulk Semiconductors

    Pages 295-344

  15. Optical Properties of Bound and Localized Excitons and of Defect States

    Pages 345-363

  16. Optical Properties of Excitons in Structures of Reduced Dimensionality

    Pages 365-404

  17. Excitons Under the Influence of External Fields

    Pages 405-431

  18. From Cavity Polaritons to Photonic Crystals

    Pages 433-452

  19. Review of the Linear Optical Properties

    Pages 453-457

  20. High Excitation Effects and Nonlinear Optics

    Pages 459-474
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About this book

The book on Semiconductor Optics has been favourably received by the s- dents and the scienti?c community worldwide. After the ?rst edition, which appeared in 1995 several reprints became necessary starting from 1997, one of them for the Chinese market. They contained only rather limited updates of the material and corrections. In the meantime scienti?c progress brought a lot of new results, which necessitate a new, seriously revised edition. This progress includes bulk se- conductors, but especially structures of reduced dimensionality. These new trends and results are partly included in existing chapters e. g. for phonons or for time-resolved spectroscopy, partly new chapters have been introduced like the ones on cavity polaritons and photonic structures. We based the description of the optical properties againon the simple and intuitively clear model ofthe Lorentz-oscillatorsandthe concept of polaritons asthequantaoflightinmatter. Butsincethereispresentlyatrendtodescribe at least the optical properties of the electronic system of semiconductors by the optical or the semiconductor Bloch equations, a chapter has been added on this topic written by Prof. Dr. R. v. Baltz (Karlsruhe) to familiarize the reader with this concept, too, which needs a bit more quantum mechanics compared the approach used here. The chapter on group theory has been revised by Prof. Dr. K. Hummer ¨ (Karlsruhe/Forchheim) Karlsruhe, C. F. Klingshirn September 2004 Preface to the First Edition One of the most prominent senses of many animals and, of course, of human beingsissightorvision.

Reviews

From the reviews of the second edition:

"The optical properties of semiconductors are currently the subject of many fundamental and applied works. … The present book is one of the most famous ones in this field. … the textbook is not only suitable for graduate and postgraduate students of physics, but also for students of neighboring disciplines, such as material science and electronics. … Altogether … a well appreciated book in the field of semiconductor optics. It needs to be present on the desk of students, teachers and researchers in the field." (Michel Wautelet, Physicalia Magazine, Vol. 28 (1), 2006)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Applied Physics, University of Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany

    Claus Klingshirn

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