Devices Based on Low-Dimensional Semiconductor Structures

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvi

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2. Fabrication Procedures

   1. Solid Source Molecular Beam Epitaxy

      • J. F. Rochette

      Pages 1-16

   2. Using Gaseous Sources in Molecular Beam Epitaxy

      • C. W. Tu

      Pages 17-36

3. Fundamentals on Quantum Structures for Electro-Optical Devices

   1. Optical Properties of Heterostructures Under an Electric Field

      • P. Tronc

      Pages 37-65

   2. The Role of Spontaneous Emission in Laser Diode Operation

      • Peter Blood

      Pages 67-90

   3. MBE Growth of (In,Ga)As Self-Assembled Quantum Dots for Optoeletronic Applications

      • V. M. Ustinov, A. E. Zhukov, A. Yu. Egorov, N. N. Lendentsov, M. V. Maksimov, A. F. Tsatsul’nikov et al.

      Pages 91-94

   4. Exciton and Magnetoexciton Luminescence in Ge-Ge1-xSix Multiple Quantum Well Structures

      • N. G. Kalugin, L. K. Orlov, O. A. Kuznetzov, V. B. Timofeev, A. V. Chernenko

      Pages 95-98

   5. The Physics of Quantum Well Infrared Detectors

      • E. Rosencher, Ph. Bois, J. Y. Duboz

      Pages 99-113

   6. Semimagnetic Quantum Wells and Superlattices

      • M. Averous

      Pages 115-170

   7. Surface, Leaky and Singular Magnetoplasmons along the Interface of Gyrotropic Semiconductor

      • S. T. Ivanov, N. I. Nikolaev, P. I. Dankov

      Pages 171-174

   8. Optical and Theoretical Assessment of GaAs Quantum Wells Having Superlattices as Barrier Layers

      • V. Donchev, I. Ivanov, K. Germanova

      Pages 175-178

   9. Anisotropy of Optical Characteristics of Low-dimensional and Bulk Many-Valley Semiconductors

      • A. Svizhenko, V. Vasetskii, V. Poroshin, O. Sarbey, Zh. Gumenjuk-Sychevskaya, F. Sizov

      Pages 179-180

   10. Hot Hole Effects in Strained Multi-Quantum-Well Heterostructures Ge/GeSi

       • V. Ya. Aleshkin, N. A. Bekin, I. V. Bekin, V. I. Gavrilenko, Z. F. Krasil’nik, O. A. Kuznetsov et al.

       Pages 181-184

   11. Enhancement of Average Velocity of Hot Carriers in Saw-Toothed Heterostructures

       • A. B. Kozyrev, V. A. Kozlov

       Pages 185-188

   12. Path-Integral Calculation of the Electron Density of States in Mis-Structures

       • G. Slacheva, I. Yanchev

       Pages 189-198

4. Non Linear Optical Devices

   1. Physics and Applications of Excition Saturation in MQW Structures

      • A. Miller, A. R. Cameron, P. Riblet

      Pages 199-225

   2. Interferometer with Nonlinear Frequency Doubling Mirrors as Lossless All-Optical Switching Device

      • S. Saltiel, K. Koynov, I. Buchvarov

      Pages 227-230

   3. Waveguide-Based Devices: Linear and Nonlinear Coupling

      • A. D. Boardman, K. Xie

      Pages 231-292

   4. Waveguide Mach-Zehnder Intensity Modulator produced via Proton Exchange Technology in LiNbO3

      • S. Tonchev, B. Yordanov, M. Kuneva, I. Savatinova, M. Armenise, V. Passaro

      Pages 293-296

   5. Evanescent Field Coupling Between a Single Mode Optical Fiber and a Planar Waveguide

      • A. Andreev, K. Panajotov, E. Karakoleva, B. Zafirov

      Pages 297-300

Low-dimensional semiconductor quantum structures are a major, high-technological development that has a considerable industrial potential. The field is developing extremely rapidly and the present book represents a timely guide to the latest developments in device technology, fundamental properties, and some remarkable applications. The content is largely tutorial, and the book could be used as a textbook.
The book deals with the physics, fabrication, characteristics and performance of devices based on low-dimensional semiconductor structures. It opens with fabrication procedures. The fundamentals of quantum structures and electro-optical devices are dealt with extensively. Nonlinear optical devices are discussed from the point of view of physics and applications of exciton saturation in MQW structures. Waveguide-based devices are also described in terms of linear and nonlinear coupling. The basics of pseudomorphic HEMT technology, device physics and materials layer design are presented. Each aspect is reviewed from the elementary basics up to the latest developments.
Audience: Undergraduates in electrical engineering, graduates in physics and engineering schools. Useful for active scientists and engineers wishing to update their knowledge and understanding of recent developments.

• Exciton
• Interferometer
• LED
• Laser
• Modulator
• Planar
• Semiconductor
• basics
• electrical engineering
• interferometry
• quantum dot

• Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France

  Minko Balkanski

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