Optics of Semiconductors and Their Nanostructures

ISBN-13: 9783540220688 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 348 str.

Heinz Kalt;Michael Hetterich

Opis

In recent years the field of semiconductor optics has been pushed to several extremes. The size of semiconductor structures has shrunk to dimensions of a few nanometers, the semiconductor-light interaction is studied on timescales as fast as a few femtoseconds, and transport properties on a length scale far below the wavelength of light have been revealed. These advances were driven by rapid improvements  in both  semiconductor and optical technologies and  were further facilitated by  progress in the theoretical description of optical excitations in semiconductors. This book, written by leading experts in the field, provides an up-to-date introduction  to the optics of semiconductors and their nanostructures  so as to help the reader  understand these exciting new developments. It also discusses recently established applications, such as  blue-light emitters, as well as the quest for future applications in areas such as spintronics, quantum information processing,   and third-generation solar cells.

Recenzje

From the reviews:

"This book, written by leading experts in the field, provides an up-to-date introduction to the optics of semiconductors and their nanostructures ... . This is perhaps the only book available at the present moment that offers a good panorama of recently established applications. ... The book will delight and fascinate the target audience, and many will be tempted to pursue further studies and research work ... . Exciting new developments and an exciting new book - Congratulations to the editors and the authors." (Current Engineering Practice, Vol. 47 (3), 2004-2005)

Spis treści

Excitons in Semiconductors.- Hot Excitons in ZnSe Quantum Wells.- Probing Localized Excitons by Speckle Analysis of Resonant Light Scattering.- Donor-Related Exciton Luminescence in Wide-Bandgap Semiconductors: Diamond, Zinc Oxide, and Gallium Nitride.- Spectroscopy of Biexcitons and Trions in II–VI Quantum Dots.- Dynamics of Excitons and Exciton Complexes in Wide-Gap Semiconductors.- Quantum Kinetics and Femtosecond Spectroscopy — The Discovery of Slowness.- Extreme Nonlinear Optics in Semiconductors.- Nonlinear Semiconductor Microcavities.- All-Optical Control of Charge and Spin in GaAs: Densities and Currents.- Semiconductor Quantum Dots for Optoelectronic Applications.- GaInNAs: Fundamentals of a New Material System for Near-Infrared Optoelectronics.- Nitride-Based Light Emitting Diodes and Laser Diodes: Optical Properties and Applications.- Thermodynamics of Solar Cells.