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Electrons and phonons in semiconductor multilayers /

Ridley 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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ridley, B. K.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2009.
Edición:2nd ed.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Simple models of the electron-phonon interaction
  • Quantum confinement of carriers
  • Quasi-continuum theory of lattice vibrations
  • Bulk vibrational modes in an isotropic continuum
  • Optical modes in a quantum well
  • Superlattice modes
  • Optical modes in various structures
  • Electron-optical phonon interaction in a quantum well
  • Other scattering mechanisms
  • Quantum screening
  • The electron distribution function
  • Spin relaxation
  • Electrons and phonons in the wurtzite lattice
  • Nitride heterostructures
  • Terahertz sources
  • Appendix 1: The polar-optical momentum-relaxation time in a 2D degenerate gas
  • Appendix 2: Electron/polar optical phonon scattering rates in a spherical cosine band.