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Electronic Structure and Optical Properties of Semiconductors

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Part of the book series: Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences (SSSOL, volume 75)

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About this book

We began planning and writing this book in the late 1970s at the suggestion of Manuel Cardona and Helmut Lotsch. We also received considerable en­ couragement and stimulation from colleagues. Some said there was a need for instructional material in this area while others emphasized the utility of a research text. We tried to strike a compromise. The figures, tables, and references are included to enable researchers to obtain quickly essential information in this area of semiconductor research. For instructors and stu­ dents, we attempt to cover some basic ideas about electronic structure and semiconductor physics with applications to real, rather than model, solids. We wish to thank our colleagues and collaborators whose research re­ sults and ideas are presented here. Special thanks are due to Jim Phillips who influenced us both during our formative years and afterwards. We are grateful to Sari Yamagishi for her patience and skill with the typing and production of the manuscript. Finally, we acknowledge the great patience of Helmut Lotsch and Manuel Cardona. Berkeley, CA M.L. Cohen Minneapolis, MN, J.R. Chelikowsky March 1988 VII Contents 1. Introduction............................................... 1 2. Theoretical Concepts and Methods ..................... 4 2.1 The One-Electron Model and Band Structure............ 7 2.2 Properties of En(k) ...................................... 11 3. Pseudopotentials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1 The Empirical Pseudopotential Method.................. 20 3.2 Self-Consistent and Ab Initio Pseudopotentials ........... 25 4. Response Functions and Density of States .............. 30 4.1 Charge Density and Bonding ................... . . . . . . . . . 38 .

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Physics, University of California, and Materials and Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, USA

    Marvin L. Cohen

  • Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA

    James R. Chelikowsky

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Electronic Structure and Optical Properties of Semiconductors

  • Authors: Marvin L. Cohen, James R. Chelikowsky

  • Series Title: Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-97080-1

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1988

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-97080-1Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0171-1873

  • Series E-ISSN: 2197-4179

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 264

  • Topics: Condensed Matter Physics

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