Quantum Physics of Semiconductor Materials and Devices - Debdeep Jena

Quantum Physics of Semiconductor Materials and Devices - Debdeep Jena

Description

Aimed at upper-level undergraduate students and graduate students in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Applied Physics, Materials Science, and Engineering, this textbook covers the quantum physics of semiconductors, including their practical applications in various areas and their future potential.

• Adopts a flexible pedagogical approach, as the 4 main chapters can be taught as stand-alone modules
• Covers the historical development of the subject, as well as its current status
• Features end-of-chapter problems to solidify understanding and encourage independent learning

Table of Contents

I Fundamentals 1:And Off We Go! 2:Secrets of the Classical Electron 3:Quantum Mechanics in a Nutshell 4:Damned Lies, and Statistics 5:Electrons in the Quantum World 6:Red or Blue pill: Befriending the Matrix 7:Perturbations to the Electron's Freedom

II Bands, Doping, and Heterostructures 8:Electrons in a Crystal get their Bands, Gaps and Masses 9:Bloch theorem, Bandstructure, and Quantum Currents 10:Crystal Clear: Bandstructure of the Empty Lattice 11:Tight-Binding Bandstructure 12:k . p Bandstructure 13:1, 2, 3 ...: Pseudopotentials and Exact Bandstructure 14:Doping and Heterostructures: The Effective Mass Method 15:Carrier Statistics and Energy Band Diagrams 16:Controlling Electron Traffic in the k-Space

III Quantum Electronics with Semiconductors 17:Game of Modes: Quantized R, L, and C 18:Junction Magic: Schottky, pn and Bipolar Transistors 19:Zeroes and Ones: The Ballistic Transistor 20:Fermi's Golden Rule 21:No Turning Back: The Boltzmann Transport Equation 22:Taking the Heat: Phonons and Electron-Phonon Interactions 23:Scattering, Mobility, and Velocity Saturation 24:Through the Barrier: Tunneling & Avalanches 25:Running Circles: Quantum Magnetotransport

IV Quantum Photonics with Semiconductors 26:Let there be Light: Maxwell Equations 27:Light-Matter Interaction 28:Heavenly Light: Solar Cells and Photodetectors 29:Reach for the stars: Lasers and LEDs 30:Every End is a New Beginning