Quantum Physics of Semiconductor Materials and Devices

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

About the Author(s)

Debdeep Jena, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University

Debdeep Jena is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering at Cornell University. His research and teaching interests are in the quantum physics, technology, and device applications of semiconductor and superconductor heterostructures such as III-V nitrides and oxides, and 2-dimensional crystals. He leads a research group that combines experiments and theory to investigate charge, heat, and spin transport in highly crystalline solids, and uses them to explore fundamental limits of electronic, photonic, and quantum devices. The research of this group has been published in approximately 300 papers, generated several patents, and recognized by international awards.

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

Reviews

"Engaging, attractively presented, and very clear. This book truly fills a gap." - Chris G. Van de Walle, University of California, Santa Barbara