书目

Electrons and Phonons in Semiconductor Multilayers

内容简介

Advancesinnanotechnologyhavegeneratedsemiconductorstructuresthatareonlyafewmolecularlayersthick,andthishasimportantconsequencesforthephysicsofelectronsandphononsinsuchstructures.Thisbookdescribesindetailhowconfinementofelectronsandphononsinquantumwellsandwiresaffectsthephysicalpropertiesofthesemiconductor.Thissecondeditioncontainsfournewchaptersonspinrelaxation,basedonrecenttheoreticalresearch;thehexagonalwurtzitelattice;nitridestructures,whosenovelpropertiesstemfromtheirspontaneouselectricpolarization;andterahertzsources,whichincludesanaccountofthecontroversiesthatsurroundedtheconceptsofBlochoscillationsandWannier-Starkstates.Thebookisuniqueindescribingthemicroscopictheoryofopticalphonons,theradicalchangeintheirnatureduetoconfinement,andhowtheyinteractwithelectrons.Itwillinterestgraduatestudentsandresearchersworkinginsemiconductorphysics.

作者简介

B.K.RidleyisProfessorEmeritusintheDepartmentofComputingandElectronicSystemsattheUniversityofEssex,Colchester.HeisaFellowoftheRoyalSociety,andwasawardedthePaulDiracPrizeandMedalin2001bytheInstituteofPhysics.

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