Introduction / 1: |
Historical outline of the study of optical processes / 1.1: |
Semiconductor optoelectronics: present and future / 1.2: |
Semiconductor optoelectronics: systems applications / 1.3: |
Semiconductor materials for optoelectronics / 1.4: |
Optical processes and their applications / 1.5: |
Classical theory of optical processes / 2: |
Macroscopic theory of absorption / 2.1: |
Light absorption in a medium: macroscopic theory / 2.3: |
Index of refraction in a conducting medium / 2.4: |
Classical theory of susceptibility / 2.5: |
Basic interaction between light and matter: Einstein's coefficients / 2.6: |
Problems |
Further reading and references |
Photons / 3: |
Wave equation in a rectangular cavity / 3.1: |
Quantization of the radiation field / 3.3: |
Time-dependent perturbation theory / 3.4: |
Interaction of an electron with the electromagnetic field / 3.5: |
Second-order perturbation theory / 3.6: |
Further reading |
Electron band structure and its modifications / 4: |
Band theory: Bloch functions / 4.1: |
The k-p perturbation theory neglecting spin / 4.3: |
Spin-orbit interaction / 4.4: |
Band structure of some important semiconductors / 4.5: |
Alloys / 4.6: |
Heterojunctions / 4.7: |
Different types of band line-up / 4.8: |
Electron scattering / 4.9: |
Interband and impurity absorptions / 5: |
Introduction: different absorption processes / 5.1: |
Basic theory of absorption and gain / 5.2: |
Direct interband absorption / 5.3: |
Absorption and gain: non k-conservation / 5.4: |
Indirect transitions / 5.5: |
Intersubband absorption / 5.6: |
Band impurity absorption / 5.7: |
Effect of heavy doping and carrier injection / 5.8: |
Carrier-induced change in absorption and refraction / 5.9: |
Excitonic absorption / 6: |
Elements of excitonic states and absorption / 6.1: |
The Elliot formula / 6.3: |
Line-broadening mechanisms / 6.4: |
Indirect excitonic absorption / 6.5: |
Isoelectronic impurities / 6.6: |
Absorption and refraction in an electric field / 7: |
Propagation of light in an anisotropic medium / 7.1: |
The electro-optic effect / 7.3: |
Electroabsorption / 7.4: |
The electrorefractive effect / 7.5: |
Application of the electro-optic and electrorefractive effects / 7.6: |
Modulation spectroscopy / 7.7: |
Interband magneto-optical effects / 8: |
Landau quantization / 8.1: |
Density of states / 8.3: |
Interband absorption in direct gap semiconductors / 8.4: |
Indirect magnetoabsorption / 8.5: |
Free-carrier processes / 9: |
Classical theory of ac conductivity / 9.1: |
Classical theory of magneto-optics of free carriers / 9.3: |
Quantum theory of free-carrier absorption / 9.4: |
Recombination processes / 10: |
Introduction: classification of recombination / 10.1: |
Lifetime of excess carriers / 10.2: |
Relation between absorption and emission rates / 10.3: |
Band-to-band recombination / 10.4: |
Excitonic recombination / 10.5: |
Extrinsic recombination processes / 10.6: |
Recombination of hot carriers / 10.7: |
Non-radiative recombination: Auger processes / 10.8: |
Introduction to two-dimensional systems / 11: |
Different structures supporting 2DEG / 11.1: |
Basic properties of a 2DEG / 11.3: |
Subband structures for holes / 11.4: |
Self-consistent solutions / 11.5: |
Subbands in multivalley semiconductors / 11.6: |
Different types of band alignments / 11.7: |
Type I-II crossover / 11.8: |
Modified scattering rate of 2D systems / 11.9: |
Optical processes in quantum wells / 12: |
Band-to-band transitions: rectangular type I quantum wells / 12.1: |
Refinements of the theory / 12.3: |
Absorption in rectangular type II QWs / 12.4: |
Parabolic QWs / 12.5: |
Absorption in an indirect gap QW / 12.6: |
Non-radiative recombination / 12.7: |
Excitons and impurities in quantum wells / 13: |
Excitons in purely 2D systems / 13.1: |
Binding energy in quasi-2D systems / 13.3: |
Expression for the absorption coefficient / 13.4: |
Linewidth of excitonic absorption / 13.5: |
Exciton recombination / 13.6: |
Exciton absorption in an indirect gap QW / 13.7: |
Impurities in QWs / 13.8: |
Optical processes in quantum wires and dots / 14: |
1D systems: quantum wires / 14.1: |
Interband absorption in quantum wires / 14.3: |
Excitonic absorption in 1D / 14.4: |
Zero-dimensional systems / 14.5: |
Absorption and gain in 0D systems / 14.6: |
Excitons in quantum dots and nanocrystals / 14.7: |
Superlattices / 15: |
Miniband structure and envelope functions / 15.1: |
Interband absorption / 15.3: |
Interminiband transitions / 15.4: |
Excitons in superlattices / 15.5: |
Doping superlattices / 15.6: |
Short-period superlattices / 15.7: |
Strained layers / 16: |
Critical thickness / 16.1: |
Strain-induced band structure / 16.3: |
Absorption and gain in strained QWs / 16.4: |
Excitonic processes / 16.5: |
Strained layer superlattices / 16.6: |
Special material systems / 16.7: |
Effects of electric field on low-dimensional systems / 17: |
Field perpendicular to QW layer / 17.1: |
Intersubband absorption under normal field / 17.3: |
Excitonic effects / 17.4: |
Electric field effects in superlattices / 17.5: |
Type II to type I crossover / 17.6: |
Internal piezoelectric field in strained layers / 17.7: |
Coupled double quantum wells / 17.8: |
Index |
Introduction / 1: |
Historical outline of the study of optical processes / 1.1: |
Semiconductor optoelectronics: present and future / 1.2: |
Semiconductor optoelectronics: systems applications / 1.3: |
Semiconductor materials for optoelectronics / 1.4: |
Optical processes and their applications / 1.5: |