Semiconductor Physics
An Introduction
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Beschreibung
This well-established monograph, updated and now in its eighth edition, deals mainly with electron transport in, and optical properties of semiconductors, and includes a treatment of lasers and many other quantum processes. The book is aimed primarily at students of experimental solid-state physics, and assumes only a basic knowledge of mathematics (algebra etc.). In addition to the standard fundamental topics of semiconductor physics, the book also addresses recent developments in the fields of superlattices, quantum wires and quantum dots. 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 and physical electronics.
This book, now in its eighth edition, still has the character of a textbook with the emphasis on "Physics". I have refrained from sacrificing topics such as the Seebeck, Thomson, Peltier and quantum Hall effects although they do not have a large-scale practical application. The various kinds of field effect transistors such as HBT, HEMT, MODFET and the chip technology have not been considered because going into details would necessarily end up with referring the interested reader to commercially available computer programs, i.e. to the Big Business world. What is new compared with the previous edition? In Chap. 1 you will now find a short description of production processes of pure single crystal silicon which is nearly free of lattice defects. In Sect. 4.14 the calculation of current in a sample subject to combined de and high-frequency ac fields is based on quantum mechanics rather than classical physics (called "photon assisted tunneling"). The calculation is applied to charge transport in quantum wires and dots in Chap.14. This chapter includes production methods for quantum dots in their regular arrangement and a dot laser which operates at room temperature. In Chap. 15 there is a new section on doped Fullerenes in view of a field effect transistor based on this material. There are two more appendices: One provides a calculation of the potentials in quantum wells, and the other is a table of 38 semiconductors and semimetals with their characteristic data.
A well established text book giving a detailed introduction to one of the most important topics within physics
This 8th edition includes new treatments of superlattices, quantum wires, and quantum dots
Selected problems will be of benefit to students and teachers alike
This well-established monograph and text, updated and now in its ninth edition, deals mainly with electron transport in, and optical properties of semiconductors, and includes a treatment of lasers and many other quantum processes. The book is aimed primarily at students of experimental solid-state physics, and assumes only a basic knowledge of mathematics (algebra etc.). In addition to the standard fundamental topics of semiconductor physics, the book also addresses recent developments in the fields of superlattices, quantum wires and quantum dots. 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 and physical electronics
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Karlheinz Seeger
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From the reviews of the ninth edition:
"This book of K. Seeger is one of the mostly used source book in the field of semiconductor physics. … it has become the reference book of many teachers, students and researchers, both in fundamental and applied solid state science. … Altogether … this book will undoubtedly continue to be very attractive as a reference book for teachers and researchers in the field of semiconductors." (Michel Wautelet, Physicalia Magazine, Vol. 28 (1), 2006)
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