The Physics of Low-dimensional Semiconductors

图书标准信息

• 作者 John H. Davies 著
• 出版社 Cambridge University Press
• 出版时间 1997-12
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780521484916
• 定价 1162.80元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 460页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Thecompositionofmodernsemiconductorheterostructurescanbecontrolledpreciselyontheatomicscaletocreatelow-dimensionalsystems.Thesesystemshaverevolutionisedsemiconductorphysics,andtheirimpactontechnology,particularlyforsemiconductorlasersandultrafasttransistors,iswidespreadandburgeoning.Thisbookprovidesanintroductiontothegeneralprinciplesthatunderlielow-dimensionalsemiconductors.Asfaraspossible,simplephysicalexplanationsareused,withreferencetoexamplesfromactualdevices.Theauthorshowshow,beginningwithfundamentalresultsfromquantummechanicsandsolid-statephysics,aformalismcanbedevelopedthatdescribesthepropertiesoflow-dimensionalsemiconductorsystems.Amongnumerousexamples,twokeysystemsarestudiedindetail:thetwo-dimensionalelectrongas,employedinfield-effecttransistors,andthequantumwell,whoseopticalpropertiesfindapplicationinlasersandotheropto-electronicdevices.Thebookincludesmanyexercisesandwillbeinvaluabletoundergraduateandfirst-yeargraduatephysicsorelectricalengineeringstudentstakingcoursesinlow-dimensionalsystemsorheterostructuredevicephysics.