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Theory of Electron Transport in Semiconductors

A Pathway from Elementary Physics to Nonequilibrium Green Functions

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Authors:
  1. Carlo Jacoboni

    1. Dipto. Fisica, Università Modena, Modena, Italy

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  • Covers the concepts of electron transport in semiconductors
  • Integrates classical and quantum physics of macroscopic and nanostructures
  • Both a reference work for researchers and a study text for graduate students
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences (SSSOL, volume 165)

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Table of contents (33 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XXVI
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  2. Basic Concepts in Semiconductor Physics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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  3. Basic concepts in semiconductor physics

    1. Survey of Classical Physics

      • Carlo Jacoboni
      Pages 3-13

    2. Fundamentals of Quantum Mechanics

      • Carlo Jacoboni
      Pages 15-26

    3. Fundamentals of Statistical Physics

      • Carlo Jacoboni
      Pages 27-39

    4. Crystal Structures

      • Carlo Jacoboni
      Pages 41-48

    5. Phonons

      • Carlo Jacoboni
      Pages 49-68

    6. Bloch States and Band Theory

      • Carlo Jacoboni
      Pages 69-83

    7. Effective-Mass Theorems, Envelope Function, and Semiclassical Dynamics

      • Carlo Jacoboni
      Pages 85-101

    8. Semiconductors

      • Carlo Jacoboni
      Pages 103-123

  4. Semiclassical Transport in Bulk Semiconductors

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 125-125
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  5. Semiclassical transport in bulk semiconductors

    1. Electronic Interactions

      • Carlo Jacoboni
      Pages 127-161

    2. Boltzmann Equation

      • Carlo Jacoboni
      Pages 163-180

    3. Linear Transport

      • Carlo Jacoboni
      Pages 181-206

    4. Diffusion, Fluctuations, and Noise

      • Carlo Jacoboni
      Pages 207-218

    5. Nonlinear Transport

      • Carlo Jacoboni
      Pages 219-236

    6. Monte Carlo Simulation of Bulk Electron Transport

      • Carlo Jacoboni
      Pages 237-263

    7. Bulk Transport Properties of Main Semiconductors

      • Carlo Jacoboni
      Pages 265-282

  6. Quantum Transport in Bulk Semiconductors

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 283-283
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  7. Quantum transport in bulk semiconductors

    1. Quantum Transport in Homogeneous Systems

      • Carlo Jacoboni
      Pages 285-303
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About this book

This book originated out of a desire to provide students with an instrument which might lead them from knowledge of elementary classical and quantum physics to moderntheoreticaltechniques for the analysisof electrontransport in semiconductors. The book is basically a textbook for students of physics, material science, and electronics. Rather than a monograph on detailed advanced research in a speci?c area, it intends to introduce the reader to the fascinating ?eld of electron dynamics in semiconductors, a ?eld that, through its applications to electronics, greatly contributed to the transformationof all our lives in the second half of the twentieth century, and continues to provide surprises and new challenges. The ?eld is so extensive that it has been necessary to leave aside many subjects, while others could be dealt with only in terms of their basic principles. The book is divided into ?ve major parts. Part I moves from a survey of the fundamentals of classical and quantum physics to a brief review of basic semiconductor physics. Its purpose is to establish a common platform of language and symbols, and to make the entire treatment, as far as pos- ble, self-contained. Parts II and III, respectively, develop transport theory in bulk semiconductors in semiclassical and quantum frames. Part IV is devoted to semiconductor structures, including devices and mesoscopic coherent s- tems. Finally, Part V develops the basic theoretical tools of transport theory within the modern nonequilibrium Green-function formulation, starting from an introduction to second-quantization formalism.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Dipto. Fisica, Università Modena, Modena, Italy

    Carlo Jacoboni

About the author

PhD in Solid-state Physics at Purdue University (Indiana, USA) in 1969. Since then at the University of Modena with successive positions from research-assistant to Dean of the School of Sciences. Published 3 books and about 170 papers in the field of semiclassical and quantum theory of electron transport in semiconductors. His main contributions are related to the Monte Carlo simulation of electron transport in materials and devices, and to the application of the Wigner-function formalism to quantum transport.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Theory of Electron Transport in Semiconductors

  • Book Subtitle: A Pathway from Elementary Physics to Nonequilibrium Green Functions

  • Authors: Carlo Jacoboni

  • Series Title: Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-10586-9

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2010

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-10585-2Published: 05 September 2010

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-26480-1Published: 05 November 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-10586-9Published: 05 September 2010

  • Series ISSN: 0171-1873

  • Series E-ISSN: 2197-4179

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXVI, 590

  • Number of Illustrations: 197 b/w illustrations, 12 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Condensed Matter Physics, Nanotechnology, Engineering, general

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