Download or read book Modeling of Optical Properties of Semiconductor Heterostructures written by Christoph Schlichenmaier and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Electronic and Optical Properties of Semiconductors written by Lok C. Lew Yan Voon and published by Universal-Publishers. This book was released on 1997-08 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study is a theoretical investigation of the electronic and optical properties of intrinsic semiconductors using the orthogonal empirical tight binding model. An analysis of the bulk properties of semiconductors with the zincblende, diamond and rocksalt structures has been carried out. We have extended the work of others to higher order in the interaction integrals and derived new parameter sets for certain semiconductors which better fit the experimental data over the Brillouin zone. The Hamiltonian of the heterostructures is built up layer by layer from the parameters of the bulk constituents. The second part of this work examines a number of applications of the theory. We present a new microscopic derivation of the intervalley deformation potentials within the tight binding representation and computes a number of conduction-band deformation potentials of bulk semiconductors. We have also studied the electronic states in heterostructures and have shown theoretically the possibility of having barrier localization of above-barrier states in a multivalley heterostructure using a multiband calculation. Another result is the proposal for a new "type-II" lasing mechanism in short-period GaAs/AlAs superlattices. As for our work on the optical properties, a new formalism, based on the generalized Feynman-Hellmann theorem, for computing interband optical matrix elements has been obtained and has been used to compute the linear and second-order nonlinear optical properties of a number of bulk semiconductors and semiconductor heterostructures. In agreement with the one-band elective mass calculations of other groups, our more elaborate calculations show that the intersubband oscillator strengths of quantum wells can be greatly enhanced over the bulk interband values.

Download or read book Characterization of Semiconductor Heterostructures and Nanostructures written by Giovanni Agostini and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2011-08-11 with total page 501 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the last couple of decades, high-performance electronic and optoelectronic devices based on semiconductor heterostructures have been required to obtain increasingly strict and well-defined performances, needing a detailed control, at the atomic level, of the structural composition of the buried interfaces. This goal has been achieved by an improvement of the epitaxial growth techniques and by the parallel use of increasingly sophisticated characterization techniques and of refined theoretical models based on ab initio approaches. This book deals with description of both characterization techniques and theoretical models needed to understand and predict the structural and electronic properties of semiconductor heterostructures and nanostructures. Comprehensive collection of the most powerful characterization techniques for semiconductor heterostructures and nanostructures Most of the chapters are authored by scientists that are among the top 10 worldwide in publication ranking of the specific field Each chapter starts with a didactic introduction on the technique The second part of each chapter deals with a selection of top examples highlighting the power of the specific technique to analyze the properties of semiconductors

Download or read book Magneto optical Properties of Narrow gap Semiconductor Heterostructures written by Xingyuan Pan and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ABSTRACT: Next generation of semiconductor device will not only based on the charge transport properties of the carrier, but also their spin degree of freedom. In order to understand or predict how those devices work one need to understand the spin-dependent electronic structures of both bulk and low-dimensional semiconductors. We have theoretically studied the spin-dependent Landau levels for electrons or holes in bulk GaAs system and AlInSb/InSb multiple quantum wells system. We use the envelope function approximation for the electronic and magneto-optical properties of AlInSb/InSb superlattices. Our model includes the conduction electrons, heavy holes, light holes and the split-off holes for a total of 8 bands when spin is taken into account. It is a generalization of the Pidgeon-Brown model to include the wave vector dependence of the electronic states, as well as quantization of wave vector due to multiple quantum well superlattice effects. In addition, we take strain effects into account by assuming pseudomorphic growth conditions. For bulk GaAs system, we calculated the spin-dependent absorption coefficients which can be directly compared with the optically pumped NMR experiment. We show that the optically pumped NMR is a complimentary tool to traditional magneto optical absorption measurement, in the sense that optically pumped NMR is more sensitive to the light hole transitions which are very hard to resolve in the traditional magneto absorption measurement. For the AlInSb/InSb multiple quantum well system, we calculated both the magneto absorption spectra and 10 the cyclotron resonance spectra. We compare both spectra to experimental results and achieve a good agreement. This agreement assures us that our understanding of the valence band structure of the narrow gap InSb materials are correct.

Download or read book Optical Properties of Semiconductor Heterostructures written by Saadi Lamari and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Optical Properties of Semiconductor Nanostructures written by Marcin L. Sadowski and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 443 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Optical methods for investigating semiconductors and the theoretical description of optical processes have always been an important part of semiconductor physics. Only the emphasis placed on different materials changes with time. Here, a large number of papers are devoted to quantum dots, presenting the theory, spectroscopic investigation and methods of producing such structures. Another major part of the book reflects the growing interest in diluted semiconductors and II-IV nanosystems in general. There are also discussions of the fascinating field of photonic crystals. `Classical' low dimensional systems, such as GsAs/GaAlAs quantum wells and heterostructures, still make up a significant part of the results presented, and they also serve as model systems for new phenomena. New materials are being sought, and new experimental techniques are coming on stream, in particular the combination of different spectroscopic modalities.

Download or read book Quantum Dot Heterostructures written by Dieter Bimberg and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 1999-03-17 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Da die Nachfrage nach immer schnelleren und kleineren Halbleiterbauelementen stetig wächst, sind Quanten-Dots und -Pyramiden rasant in den Mittelpunkt der Halbleiterforschung gerückt. Dieses Buch vermittelt einen umfassenden Überblick über den aktuellen Forschungsstand auf diesem Gebiet. Behandelt werden u.a. Fragen, wie Strukturen aufgebaut, wie sie charakterisiert werden und wie sie die Leistungsfähigkeit der Bauelemente bestimmen. (11/98)

Download or read book Phenomenological Modeling of the Optical Properties of Semiconductors for Process Characterization and Control written by Leonard I. Kamlet and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Semiconductor Modeling Techniques written by Xavier Marie and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-06-26 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes the key theoretical techniques for semiconductor research to quantitatively calculate and simulate the properties. It presents particular techniques to study novel semiconductor materials, such as 2D heterostructures, quantum wires, quantum dots and nitrogen containing III-V alloys. The book is aimed primarily at newcomers working in the field of semiconductor physics to give guidance in theory and experiment. The theoretical techniques for electronic and optoelectronic devices are explained in detail.

Download or read book 2D Materials written by Phaedon Avouris and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-06-29 with total page 521 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn about the most recent advances in 2D materials with this comprehensive and accessible text. Providing all the necessary materials science and physics background, leading experts discuss the fundamental properties of a wide range of 2D materials, and their potential applications in electronic, optoelectronic and photonic devices. Several important classes of materials are covered, from more established ones such as graphene, hexagonal boron nitride, and transition metal dichalcogenides, to new and emerging materials such as black phosphorus, silicene, and germanene. Readers will gain an in-depth understanding of the electronic structure and optical, thermal, mechanical, vibrational, spin and plasmonic properties of each material, as well as the different techniques that can be used for their synthesis. Presenting a unified perspective on 2D materials, this is an excellent resource for graduate students, researchers and practitioners working in nanotechnology, nanoelectronics, nanophotonics, condensed matter physics, and chemistry.

Download or read book Theory of the Electronic and Optical Properties of Semiconductor Heterostructures written by David A. Broido and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 9 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The optical spectrum of quantum wells is characterized by a series of excitonic peaks corresponding roughly to transitions between valence and conduction subband pairs subject to appropriate selection rules. In a simple model where these subbands are taken to be parabolic, the exciton spectrum for each subband pair follows a hydrogen-like series, with each exciton characterized by a two dimensional (2D) angular momentum symmetry e.g. 1s, 2s, 2p, 3d, etc. Accounting for the two types of valence subbands (heavy hole and light hole) and for the fact that only excitons with s symmetry are optically active (i.e. contribute to the oscillator strength), the excitonic transitions can then be labeled 11H(1s), 11L(1s), etc. Here, the first two indices designate the conduction and heavy (H) or light (L) hole valence subbands, respectively. For zincblende structures such as GaAs the conduction subbands can in fact be approximated accurately by parabolas. The valance subbands are, however, much more complicated because of the four-fold degeneracy of the bulk heavy and light hole valence bands at the valence band edge. This degeneracy causes the heavy and light hole subbands to be coupled resulting in the so-called valence band mixing (VBM) effects, such as 1) Strong nonparabolicities and anisotropy in the valence subband structure; 2) Magnetic field-dependent cyclotron masses; 3) Mixing of Excitons and resulting field effects on the optical absorption. (jhd).

Download or read book Heterojunctions and Metal Semiconductor Junctions written by A.G. Milnes and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2012-12-02 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heterojunctions and Metal-Semiconductor Junctions discusses semiconductor-semiconductor heterojunctions and metal-semiconductor heterojunctions, which are of significant practical importance today and also of considerable scientific interest, with worthwhile problems still to be explored and understood. Many classes of heterojunctions are believed to have new and valuable applications. Although some aspects of heterojunction behavior remain areas for continued scientific and technological study, the main outlines of the subject are clear. This book comprises nine chapters, and begins with an introduction to semiconductor heterojunctions. Succeeding chapters then discuss semiconductor p-n heterojunction models and diode behavior; heterojunction transistors; isotype (n-n, p-p) heterojunctions; optical properties of heterojunctions and heterojunction lasers; metal-semiconductor barriers; metal-semiconductor junction behavior; high yield photoemissive cathodes; and fabrication of heterojunctions. This book will be of interest to practitioners in the fields of applied physics.

Download or read book Handbook of Optoelectronic Device Modeling and Simulation written by Joachim Piprek and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2017-10-10 with total page 835 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: • Provides a comprehensive survey of fundamental concepts and methods for optoelectronic device modeling and simulation. • Gives a broad overview of concepts with concise explanations illustrated by real results. • Compares different levels of modeling, from simple analytical models to complex numerical models. • Discusses practical methods of model validation. • Includes an overview of numerical techniques.

Download or read book Optical Properties of Semiconductors written by G. Martinez and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 1992-11-30 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is widely recognized that an understanding of the optical pro perties of matter will give a great deal of important information re levant to the fundamental physical properties. This is especially true in semiconductor physics for which, due to the intrinsic low screening of these materials, the optical response is quite rich. Their spectra reflect indeed as well electronic as spin or phonon transitions. This is also in the semiconductor field that artificial structures have been recently developed, showing for the first time specific physical properties related to the low dimentionality of the electronic and vi bronic properties : with this respect the quantum and fractional quan tum Hall effects are among the most well known aspects. The associated reduced screening is also a clear manifestation of these aspects and as such favors new optical properties or at least significantly enhan ces some of them. For all these reasons, it appeared necessary to try to review in a global way what the optical investigation has brought today about the understanding of the physics of semiconductors. This volume collects the papers presented at the NATO Advanced study Inst i tut e on "Optical Properties of Semiconductors" held at the Ettore Majorana Centre, Erice, Sicily on March 9th to 20th, 1992. This school brought together 70 scientists active in research related to optical properties of semiconductors. There were 12 lecturers who pro vided the main contributions .

Download or read book Optical Properties of Type III V Semiconductor Spherical Quantum Dot Heterostructures written by Nathan Haluska and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "We utilize the spherically symmetric, single and multiple band effective mass equations along with previously developed analytical methods to simplify the problem; then we obtain the eigenfunctions and eigenenergies of the QD, and use them to model optical transitions. We assume a quasi-equilibrium Fermi-Dirac distribution for electrons and holes and obtain the microscopic transition rates of absorption coefficients. Furthermore, we implement this in Matlab with a robust graphical user interface which allows for arbitrary configurations of materials and QD sizes."--Leaf iv.

Download or read book Low Dimensional Semiconductor Structures written by Hilmi Ünlü and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-09-12 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Starting with the first transistor in 1949, the world has experienced a technological revolution which has permeated most aspects of modern life, particularly over the last generation. Yet another such revolution looms up before us with the newly developed capability to control matter on the nanometer scale. A truly extraordinary research effort, by scientists, engineers, technologists of all disciplines, in nations large and small throughout the world, is directed and vigorously pressed to develop a full understanding of the properties of matter at the nanoscale and its possible applications, to bring to fruition the promise of nanostructures to introduce a new generation of electronic and optical devices. The physics of low dimensional semiconductor structures, including heterostructures, superlattices, quantum wells, wires and dots is reviewed and their modeling is discussed in detail. The truly exceptional material, Graphene, is reviewed; its functionalization and Van der Waals interactions are included here. Recent research on optical studies of quantum dots and on the physical properties of one-dimensional quantum wires is also reported. Chapters on fabrication of nanowire – based nanogap devices by the dielectrophoretic assembly approach. The broad spectrum of research reported here incorporates chapters on nanoengineering and nanophysics. In its presentation of tutorial chapters as well as advanced research on nanostructures, this book is ideally suited to meet the needs of newcomers to the field as well as experienced researchers interested in viewing colleagues’ recent advances.

Download or read book III V Compound Semiconductors and Devices written by Keh Yung Cheng and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-11-08 with total page 537 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This textbook gives a complete and fundamental introduction to the properties of III-V compound semiconductor devices, highlighting the theoretical and practical aspects of their device physics. Beginning with an introduction to the basics of semiconductor physics, it presents an overview of the physics and preparation of compound semiconductor materials, as well as a detailed look at the electrical and optical properties of compound semiconductor heterostructures. The book concludes with chapters dedicated to a number of heterostructure electronic and photonic devices, including the high-electron-mobility transistor, the heterojunction bipolar transistor, lasers, unipolar photonic devices, and integrated optoelectronic devices. Featuring chapter-end problems, suggested references for further reading, as well as clear, didactic schematics accompanied by six information-rich appendices, this textbook is ideal for graduate students in the areas of semiconductor physics or electrical engineering. In addition, up-to-date results from published research make this textbook especially well-suited as a self-study and reference guide for engineers and researchers in related industries.