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Basic Semiconductor Physics

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  • © 2010

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Authors:
  1. Chihiro Hamaguchi

    1. Graduate School of Engineering, Dept. Electronic Engineering, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan

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  • Comprehensive, successfully tested textbook now in 2nd edition
  • With new sections and an essential chapter on semiconductor lasers
  • Best textbook on transport in semiconductors
  • Only textbook with perturbation theory to explain the exact picture of the electron-electron interaction and the physics of the effective mass theory for transport
  • Graduate students of the following courses benefit from this book: Final year of physics bachelor course, electrical engineering, repetition for physicists and engineers

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Energy Band Structures of Semiconductors

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    Pages 1-27

  3. Cyclotron Resonance and Energy Band Structures

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    Pages 29-71

  4. Wannier Function and Effective Mass Approximation

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    Pages 73-97

  5. Optical Properties 1

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    Pages 99-146

  6. Optical Properties 2

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    Pages 147-205

  7. Electron—Phonon Interaction and Electron Transport

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    Pages 207-286

  8. Magnetotransport Phenomena

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    Pages 287-332

  9. Quantum Structures

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    Pages 333-454

  10. Light Emission and Laser

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    Pages 455-524

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 1-46
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About this book

When the ?rst edition ofBasic Semiconductor Physics was published in 2001, there were already many books, review papers and scienti?c journals de- ing with various aspects of semiconductor physics. Since many of them were dealing with special aspects of newly observed phenomena or with very f- damental physics, it was very di?cult to understand the advanced physics of semiconductors without the detailed knowledge of semiconductor physics. For this purpose the author published the ?rst edition for the readers who are involved with semiconductor research and development. Basic Semiconductor Physics deals with details of energy band structures, e?ective mass eq- tion and k·p perturbation, and then describes very important phenomena in semiconductors such as optical, transport, magnetoresistance, and quantum phenomena. Some of my friends wrote to me that the textbook is not only basic but advanced, and that the title of the book does not re?ect the c- tents. However, I am still convinced that the title is appropriate, because the advanced physics of semiconductor may be understood with the knowledge of the fundamental physics. In addition new and advanced phenomena - served in semiconductors at an early time are becoming well-known and thus classi?ed in basic physics. After the publication of the ?rst edition, many typographical errors have been pointed out and the corrected version was published in 2006. The p- lisher and my friends persuade me to revise the book adding new chapters, keeping the subject at the appropriate level.

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"In conclusion, I would say that this book is a nice presentation of today's basic principles needed for a proper starting in the field of modern semiconductor physics."

--Physicalia

Authors and Affiliations

  • Graduate School of Engineering, Dept. Electronic Engineering, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan

    Chihiro Hamaguchi

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