The physics of low-dimensional semiconductors : an introduction / John H. Davies.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davies, J. H. (John H.)

Contributor:

Cambridge University Press.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Low-dimensional semiconductors.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 438 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, U.K. ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1998.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Beginning graduate introduction to low-dimensional systems and their applications.

Contents:

1. Foundations

2. Electrons and Phonons in Crystals

3. Heterostructures

4. Quantum Wells and Low-Dimensional Systems

5. Tunnelling Transport

6. Electric and Magnetic Fields

7. Approximate Methods

8. Scattering Rates: The Golden Rule

9. The Two-Dimensional Electron Gas

10. Optical Properties of Quantum Wells

A1. Table of Physical Constants

A2. Properties of Important Semiconductors

A3. Properties of GaAs-AlAs Alloys at Room Temperature

A4. Hermite's Equation: Harmonic Oscillator

A5. Airy Functions: Triangular Well

A6. Kramers-Kronig Relations and Response Functions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 423-426) and index.

Electronic reproduction. Cambridge Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780511819070

0511819072

Publisher Number:

99974880951

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.