Semiconductor physics: An introduction (Springer series in solid-state sciences) - Hardcover

Seeger, Karlheinz

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3540538097 ISBN 13: 9783540538097

Publisher: Springer-Verlag, 1991

Synopsis

Televisions, telephones, watches, calculators, robots, airplanes and space vehicles all depend on silicon chips. Life as we know it would hardly be possible without semiconductor devices. An understanding of how these devices work requires a detailed knowledge of the physics of semiconductors, including charge transport and the emission and absorption of electromagnetic waves. This book may serve both as a university textbook and as a reference for research and microelectronics engineering. Each section of the book begins with a description of an experiment. The theory is then developed as far as necessary to understand the experimental results. Everyone with high-school mathematics should be able to follow the calculations. The band structure calculations for the diamond and zinc blende types of lattice are supplemented with a personal computer program. Semiconductor physics developed most rapidly in the two decades following the invention of the transistor, and naturally most of the references date from this time. But recent developments such as the Gunn effect, the acoustoelectric effect, superlattices, quantum well structures, and the quantum Hall effect are also discussed. The exercises provided (answers to which are available) will greatly assist the student in consolidating the material presented. From the reviews: "This book is a must for any theoretical and experimental physicist working in the area of semiconductor physics." #Physicalia#

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From the Back Cover

This well-established monograph, updated and now in its ninth edition, deals mainly with electron transport in, and optical properties of semiconductors. It includes lasers, e.g. the quantum cascade laser, quantum processes such as the quantum Hall effect, quantum dots, fullerenes, carbon nanotubes, molecular electronics, the nitrides, and many other recent discoveries in the field. New diagrams and tables provide a comprehensive source of materials data. Selected problems help readers to consolidate their knowledge and invite teachers to use this text for graduate courses on semiconductor physics, solid state  physics, and physical electronics.

Review

FROM THE REVIEWS: PHYSICALIA"This book is a must for any theoretical and experimental physicist working in the area of semiconductor physics." ZEITSCHRIFT FUR ANGEWANDTE MATHEMATIK UND PHYSIK"The book can be recommended for the design of numerical mobility-, recombination- and generation models for the numerical simulation of semiconductor devices.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag
• Publication date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3540538097
• ISBN 13: 9783540538097
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 502