Semiconductors : bonds and bands / David K. Ferry.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ferry, David K., author.

Contributor:

Institute of Physics (Great Britain), publisher.

Series:

IOP ebooks. 2020 collection.

IOP ebooks. [2020 collection]

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Semiconductors.

Energy-band theory of solids.

Free electron theory of metals.

Chemical bonds.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (various pagings) : illustrations (some color).

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK) : IOP Publishing, [2020]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader, EPUB reader, or Kindle reader.

Biography/History:

David K. Ferry is a Regents' Professor Emeritus in the School of Electrical, Computer, and Energy Engineering at Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, and the Institute of Physics (UK). Professor Ferry researches nanostructure devices and quantum transport and has published more than 700 refereed journal articles.

Summary:

This second edition discusses the importance of semiconductors along with their newest applications. The book introduces the ever-changing field of semiconductors, before covering chapters on electronic structure, lattice dynamics, transport structures, optical properties and electron-electron interaction. This edition has been extensively updated with the addition of new chapters on statistics and optics, two expanded chapters on transport, and examples of the most recent applications of semiconductors. The book offers the deepest insight yet into the field of semiconductors, providing essential reading for graduate students and industry specialists.

Contents:

1. Introduction

1.1. Multi-scale modeling in semiconductors

1.2. Building a planar MOSFET

1.3. Modern modifications

1.4. What is in this book?

2. Electronic structure

2.1. Periodic potentials

2.2. Potentials and pseudopotentials

2.3. Real-space methods

2.4. Momentum space methods

2.5. The k [dot] p method

2.6. The effective mass approximation

2.7. Dielectric scaling theory

2.8. Semiconductor alloys

2.9. Hetero-structures

2.10. Surfaces

2.11. Some nanostructures

3. Lattice dynamics

3.1. Lattice waves and phonons

3.2. Waves in deformable solids

3.3. Models for calculating phonon dynamics

3.4. Lattice contributions to the dielectric function

3.5. Alloy complications

3.6. Anharmoic forces and the phonon lifetime

4. Semiconductor statistics

4.1. Electron density and the Fermi level

4.2. Deep levels

4.3. Disorder and localization

5. Carrier scattering

5.1. The electron-phonon interaction

5.2. Acoustic deformation potential scattering

5.3. Piezoelectric scattering

5.4. Optical and intervalley scattering

5.5. Polar optical phonon scattering

5.6. Other scattering mechanisms

6. Carrier transport

6.1. The Boltzmann transport equation

6.2. Rode's iterative approach

6.3. The effect of spin on transport

7. High field transport

7.1. Physical observables

7.2. The ensemble Monte Carlo technique

8. Optical properties

8.1. Free-carrier absorption

8.2. Direct transitions

8.3. Indirect transitions

8.4. Recombination

9. The electron-electron interaction

9.1. The dielectric function

9.2. Screening in low-dimensional materials

9.3. Free-particle interelectronic scattering

9.4. Electron-plasmon scattering

9.5. Molecular dynamics .

Notes:

"Version: 20191101"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

Title from PDF title page (viewed on December 9, 2019).

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780750324793

0750324791

9780750324809

0750324805

OCLC:

1130295088