Basic Semiconductor Physics / by Chihiro Hamaguchi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hamaguchi, Chihiro., Author.

Series:

Graduate Texts in Physics, 1868-4513

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Semiconductors.

Materials science.

Electronics.

Microelectronics.

Optical materials.

Electronics--Materials.

Characterization and Evaluation of Materials.

Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation.

Optical and Electronic Materials.

Local Subjects:

Semiconductors.

Characterization and Evaluation of Materials.

Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation.

Optical and Electronic Materials.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XXI, 709 p. 315 illus.)

Edition:

3rd ed. 2017.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.

Summary:

This book presents a detailed description of basic semiconductor physics. The text covers a wide range of important phenomena in semiconductors, from the simple to the advanced. Four different methods of energy band calculations in the full band region are explained: local empirical pseudopotential, non-local pseudopotential, KP perturbation and tight-binding methods. The effective mass approximation and electron motion in a periodic potential, Boltzmann transport equation and deformation potentials used for analysis of transport properties are discussed. Further, the book examines experiments and theoretical analyses of cyclotron resonance in detail. Optical and transport properties, magneto-transport, two-dimensional electron gas transport (HEMT and MOSFET) and quantum transport are reviewed, while optical transition, electron-phonon interaction and electron mobility are also addressed. Energy and electronic structure of a quantum dot (artificial atom) are explained with the help of Slater determinants. The physics of semiconductor lasers is also described, including Einstein coefficients, stimulated emission, spontaneous emission, laser gain, double heterostructures, blue lasers, optical confinement, laser modes, and strained quantum well lasers, offering insights into the physics of various kinds of semiconductor lasers. In this third edition, energy band calculations in full band zone with spin-orbit interaction are presented, showing all the matrix elements and equipping the reader to prepare computer programs of energy band calculations. The Luttinger Hamiltonian is discussed and used to analyze the valence band structure. Numerical calculations of scattering rate, relaxation time, and mobility are presented for typical semiconductors, which are very helpful for understanding of transport. Nitrides such as GaN, InN, AlN and their ternary alloys are very important materials for the blue light emission, and high power devic es with and high frequency. .

Contents:

Preface to the Third Edition

Energy Band Structures of Semiconductors

Cyclotron Resonance and Energy Band Structures

Wannier Function and Effective Mass Approximation

Optical Properties 1

Optical Properties 2

Electron-Phonon Interaction and Electron Transport

Magnetotransport Phenomena

Quantum Structures

Light Emission and Laser.

ISBN:

3-319-66860-9