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Semiconductor Physics

  • Comprehensive presentation of all aspects of semiconductor physics
  • Displays essential aspects of solid-state and semiconductor physics
  • All principles of semiconductor devices and their applications
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (32 entries)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
  2. Growth, Bonding, and Structure

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Properties and Growth of Semiconductors

      • Karl W. Böer, Udo W. Pohl
      Pages 3-33
    3. Crystal Bonding

      • Karl W. Böer, Udo W. Pohl
      Pages 35-58
    4. The Structure of Semiconductors

      • Karl W. Böer, Udo W. Pohl
      Pages 59-108
  3. Phonons

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 109-109
    2. Elasticity and Phonons

      • Karl W. Böer, Udo W. Pohl
      Pages 111-150
    3. Phonon-Induced Thermal Properties

      • Karl W. Böer, Udo W. Pohl
      Pages 151-179
  4. Energy Bands

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 181-181
    2. The Origin of Band Structure

      • Karl W. Böer, Udo W. Pohl
      Pages 183-206
    3. Quantum Mechanics of Electrons in Crystals

      • Karl W. Böer, Udo W. Pohl
      Pages 207-242
    4. Bands and Bandgaps in Solids

      • Karl W. Böer, Udo W. Pohl
      Pages 243-302
    5. Magnetic Semiconductors

      • Karl W. Böer, Udo W. Pohl
      Pages 303-330
  5. Photons

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 331-331
    2. Interaction of Light with Solids

      • Karl W. Böer, Udo W. Pohl
      Pages 333-388
    3. Photon–Phonon Interaction

      • Karl W. Böer, Udo W. Pohl
      Pages 389-424
    4. Photon–Free-Electron Interaction

      • Karl W. Böer, Udo W. Pohl
      Pages 425-453
    5. Band-to-Band Transitions

      • Karl W. Böer, Udo W. Pohl
      Pages 455-483
    6. Excitons

      • Karl W. Böer, Udo W. Pohl
      Pages 485-525
  6. Defects

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 527-527

About this book

This handbook gives a complete survey of the important topics and results in semiconductor physics. It addresses every fundamental principle and most research topics and areas of application in the field of semiconductor physics. Comprehensive information is provided on crystalline bulk and low-dimensional as well as amporphous semiconductors, including optical, transport, and dynamic properties.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Naples, USA

    Karl W. Böer

  • Institut für Festkörperphysik, EW5-1, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany

    Udo W. Pohl

About the authors

Dr. mult. Karl Wolfgang Böer, distinguished professor of physics and solar energy, emeritus, University of Delaware, is fellow of AAAS, APS, ASES and IEEE. He has given over the last
five decades classes in solid state physics and semiconductor physics at the Humboldt University and the University of Delaware, and has given keynoote addresses at numerous
international conferences; he has published extensively in 380 papers, 14 monographs, was editor of 23 international conference proceedings and has obtained 18 patents, all in the field
of semiconductor physics and engineering, and in solar energy conversion. He has obtained highest honors from the University of Delaware, the American Solar Energy Society and the International Solar Energy Society, aside of a multitude of other awards. In his research, he was first in measuring the Franz-Keldysh effect, discovered high field domains that now carry
his name, the condensation of excitons and numerous properties of cadmium sulfide. He created physica status solidi in 1960 and is still one of its editors, he also created the Series
Advances in Solar Energy in 1978 and was its editor in chief until 1992. The University of Delaware has issued the prestigeous solar energy award in his name that is given biannually to one of the world's leaders in solar energy research and industry.

Prof. Dr. Udo W. Pohl studied physics in Aachen and Berlin, Germany, and received his Ph.D. degree in 1988 from the Technical University of Berlin, where he is currently principal
investigator in the Institute of Solid State Physics. He is member of the German Physical Society, participated in committees of international conferences, and has given lectures on
semiconductor physics and epitaxy since the early 1990ies. In 2009, he was appointed as an Adjunct Professor of Physics at Technical University of Berlin. He has authored over 200
journal articles and conference papers, the monograph "Epitaxy ofSemiconductors", ten book contributions, and two patents. His current research interests include physics and epitaxy of
semiconductor nanostructures and devices.

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