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Theory of Optical Processes in Semiconductors P. K. Basu (Professor at Institute of Radio Physics and Electronics, Professor at Institute of Radio Physics and Electronics, University of Calcutta, India)

Theory of Optical Processes in Semiconductors By P. K. Basu (Professor at Institute of Radio Physics and Electronics, Professor at Institute of Radio Physics and Electronics, University of Calcutta, India)

Summary

Describes the intrinsic optical processes occurring in semiconductor bulk and engineered semiconductor structures, such as quantum wells and superlattices. This book is intended for use by graduate students in physics and engineering, beginners in the field, and engineers.

Theory of Optical Processes in Semiconductors Summary

Theory of Optical Processes in Semiconductors: Bulk and Microstructures by P. K. Basu (Professor at Institute of Radio Physics and Electronics, Professor at Institute of Radio Physics and Electronics, University of Calcutta, India)

Semiconductor optelectronic devices are at the heart of all information generation and processing systems and are likely to be essential components of future optical computers. With more emphasis on optoelectronics and photonics in graduate programmes in physics and engineering, there is a need for a text providing a basic understanding of the important physical phenomena involved. Such a training is necessary for the design, optimization and search for new materials, devices, and application areas. This book provides a simple quantum mechanical theory of important optical processes, i.e., band-to- band, intersubband and excitonic absorption and recombination in bulk, quantum wells, wires, dots, superlattices and strained layers including electro-optic effects. The classical theory of absorption, quantization of radiation, and band picture based on k.p perturbation has been included to provide the necessary background. Prerequisites for the book are a knowledge of quantum mechanics and solid state theory. Problems have been set at the end of each chapter, some of which may guide the reader to study processes not covered in the book. The application areas of the phenomena are also indicated. This book is intended for use by graduate students in physics and engineering, beginners in the field and engineers. The use of simple one-electron theory throughout may also make parts of it useful for second- and third-year undergraduates.

About P. K. Basu (Professor at Institute of Radio Physics and Electronics, Professor at Institute of Radio Physics and Electronics, University of Calcutta, India)

Professor Dr P K Basu, Institute of Radio Physics and Electronics, 92 Acharya Prafulla Chandra Road, Calcutta 700 009, India. Tel: 00 91 33 350 9115 Email: [email protected]

Table of Contents

1 INTRODUCTION; 2 CLASSICAL THEORY OF OPTICAL PROCESSES; 3 PHOTONS; 4 ELECTRON BAND STRUCTURE AND ITS MODIFICATIONS; 5 INTERBAND AND IMPURITY ABSORPTIONS; 6 EXCITONIC ABSORPTION; 7 ABSORPTION AND REFRACTION IN AN ELECTRIC FIELD; 8 INTERBAND MAGNETO-OPTICAL EFFECTS; 9 FREE CARRIER PROCESSES; 10 RECOMBINATION PROCESSES; 11 INTRODUCTION TO TWO-DIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS; 12 OPTICAL PROCESSES IN QUANTUM WELLS; 13 EXCITONS AND IMPURITIES IN QUANTUM WELLS; 14 OPTICAL PROCESSES IN QUANTUM WIRES AND DOTS; 15 SUPERLATTICES; 16 STRAINED LAYERS; 17 EFFECTS OF ELECTRIC FIELD ON LOW DIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS

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NPB9780198517887
9780198517887
0198517882
Theory of Optical Processes in Semiconductors: Bulk and Microstructures by P. K. Basu (Professor at Institute of Radio Physics and Electronics, Professor at Institute of Radio Physics and Electronics, University of Calcutta, India)
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Oxford University Press
1997-11-13
464
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