Fundamentals of Semiconductors: Physics and Materials Properties, Third Edition

By Manuel Cardona

Fundamentals of Semiconductors: Physics and Materials Properties, Third Edition

Enriched by an extensive collection of tables of material parameters, figures, and problems, this book provides detailed explanations of the electronic, vibrational, transport, and optical properties of semiconductors.

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Fundamentals of Semiconductors Physics and Materials Properties, Third Edition

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Electronic Band Structures

2.1: Quantum Mechanics

2.2: Translational Symmetry and Brillouin Zones

2.3: A Pedestrian's Guide to Group Theory

2.4: Empty Lattice or Nearly Free Electron Energy Bands

2.5: Band Structure Calculations by Pseudopotential Methods

2.6: The k p Method of Band-Structure Calculations

2.7: Tight-Binding or LCAO Approach to the Band Structure of Semiconductors

Problems

Summary

Chapter 3: Vibrational Properties of Semiconductors, and Electron-Phonon Interactions

Chapter 4: Electronic Properties of Defects

Chapter 5: Electrical Transport

Chapter 6: Optical Properties I

Chapter 7: Optical Properties II

Chapter 8: Photoelectron Spectroscopy

Chapter 9: Effect of Quantum Confinement on Electrons and Phonons in Semiconductors

Pioneers of Semiconductor Physics Remember

Ultra-Pure Germanium From Applied to Basic Research or an Old Semiconductor Offering New Opportunities

Two Pseudopotential Methods Empirical and Ab Initio

The Early Stages of Band-Structures Physics and its Struggles for a Place in the Sun

Cyclotron Resonance and Structure of Conduction and Valence Band Edges in Silicon and Germanium

Optical Properties of Amorphous Semiconductors and Solar Cells

Optical Spectroscopy of Shallow Impurity Centers

On the Prehistory of Angular Resolved Photoemission

The Discovery and Very Basics of the Quantum Hall Effect

The Birth of the Semiconductor Superlattice

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