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