Research Catalog

Title

Electrons and phonons in semiconductor multilayers / B.K. Ridley.

Author

Ridley, B. K.

Publication

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1997.

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Description

xx, 330 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Summary

• The ability to fabricate precisely characterized semiconductor structures of just a few molecules' thickness has catalyzed corresponding advances in our theoretical understanding of the physics of such systems. This book provides a detailed description of the quantum confinement of electrons and phonons in semiconductor wells, superlattices and quantum wires, and shows how this affects their mutual interactions.
• The book will be of great use to graduate students and researchers investigating low-dimensional semiconductor structures, as well as to those developing new devices based on such systems.

Series Statement

Cambridge studies in semiconductor physics and microelectronic engineering ; 5

Uniform Title

Cambridge studies in semiconductor physics and microelectronic engineering ; 5.

Subjects

• Quantum wells
• Layer structure (Solids)
• Electron-phonon interactions
• Semiconductors > Surfaces

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 323-328) and index.

Contents

1. Simple Models of the Electron-Phonon Interaction -- 2. Quantum Confinement of Carriers -- 3. Quasi-Continuum Theory of Lattice Vibrations -- 4. Bulk Vibrational Modes in an Isotropic Continuum -- 5. Optical Modes in a Quantum Well -- 6. Superlattice Modes -- 7. Optical Modes in Various Structures -- 8. Electron-Optical Phonon Interaction in a Quantum Well -- 9. Other Scattering Mechanisms -- 10. Quantum Screening -- 11. The Electron Distribution Function -- Appendix. The Polar-Optical Momentum-Relaxation Time in a 2D Degenerate Gas.

ISBN

0521474922 (hardback)

LCCN

96014272

OCLC

• 34548768
• ocm34548768

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries