Introduction / 1: |
A Survey of Semiconductors / 1.1: |
Elemental Semiconductors / 1.1.1: |
Binary Compounds / 1.1.2: |
Oxides / 1.1.3: |
Layered Semiconductors / 1.1.4: |
Organic Semiconductors / 1.1.5: |
Magnetic Semiconductors / 1.1.6: |
Other Miscellaneous Semiconductors / 1.1.7: |
Growth Techniques / 1.2: |
Czochralski Method / 1.2.1: |
Bridgman Method / 1.2.2: |
Chemical Vapor Deposition / 1.2.3: |
Molecular Beam Epitaxy / 1.2.4: |
Liquid Phase Epitaxy / 1.2.5: |
Summary |
Electronic Band Structures / 2: |
Quantum Mechanics / 2.1: |
Translational Symmetry and Brillouin Zones / 2.2: |
A Pedestrian's Guide to Group Theory / 2.3: |
Definitions and Notations / 2.3.1: |
Symmetry Operations of the Diamond and Zinc-Blende Structures / 2.3.2: |
Representations and Character Tables / 2.3.3: |
Some Applications of Character Tables / 2.3.4: |
Empty Lattice or Nearly Free Electron Energy Bands / 2.4: |
Nearly Free Electron Band Structure in a Zinc-Blende Crystal / 2.4.1: |
Nearly Free Electron Energy Bands in Diamond Crystals / 2.4.2: |
Band Structure Calculation by Pseudopotential Methods / 2.5: |
Pseudopotential Form Factors in Zinc-Blende- and Diamond-Type Semiconductors / 2.5.1: |
Empirical and Self-Consistent Pseudopotential Methods / 2.5.2: |
The kċp Method of Band-Structure Calculations / 2.6: |
Effective Mass of a Nondegenerate Band Using the kċp Method / 2.6.1: |
Band Dispersion near a Degenerate Extremum: Top Valence Bands in Diamondand Zinc-Blende-Type Semiconductors / 2.6.2: |
Tight-Binding or LCAO Approach to the Band Structure of Semiconductors / 2.7: |
Molecular Orbitals and Overlap Parameters / 2.7.1: |
Band Structure of Group-IV Elements by the Tight-Binding Method / 2.7.2: |
Overlap Parameters and Nearest-Neighbor Distances / 2.7.3: |
Problems |
Vibrational Properties of Semiconductors, and Electron-Phonon Interactions / 3: |
Phonon Dispersion Curves of Semiconductors / 3.1: |
Models for Calculating Phonon Dispersion Curves of Semiconductors / 3.2: |
Force Constant Models / 3.2.1: |
Shell Model / 3.2.2: |
Bond Models / 3.2.3: |
Bond Charge Models / 3.2.4: |
Electron-Phonon Interactions / 3.3: |
Strain Tensor and Deformation Potentials / 3.3.1: |
Electron-Acoustic-Phonon Interaction at Degenerate Bands / 3.3.2: |
Piezoelectric Electron-Acoustic-Phonon Interaction / 3.3.3: |
Electron-Optical-Phonon Deformation Potential Interactions / 3.3.4: |
Frohlich Interaction / 3.3.5: |
Interaction Between Electrons and Large-Wavevector Phonons: Intervalley Electron-Phonon Interaction / 3.3.6: |
Electronic Properties of Defects / 4: |
Classification of Defects / 4.1: |
Shallow or Hydrogenic Impurities / 4.2: |
Effective Mass Approximation / 4.2.1: |
Hydrogenic or Shallow Donors / 4.2.2: |
Donors Associated with Anisotropic Conduction Bands / 4.2.3: |
Acceptor Levels in Diamond-and Zinc-Blende-Type Semiconductors / 4.2.4: |
Deep Centers / 4.3: |
Green's Function Method for Calculating Defect Energy Levels / 4.3.1: |
An Application of the Green's Function Method: Linear Combination of Atomic Orbitals / 4.3.2: |
Another Application of the Green's Function Method: Nitrogen in GaP and Ga AsP Alloys / 4.3.3: |
Final Note on Deep Centers / 4.3.4: |
Electrical Transport / 5: |
Quasi-Classical Approach / 5.1: |
Carrier Mobility for a Nondegenerate Electron Gas / 5.2: |
Relaxation Time Approximation / 5.2.1: |
Nondegenerate Electron Gas in a Parabolic Band / 5.2.2: |
Dependence of Scattering and Relaxation Times on Electron Energy / 5.2.3: |
Momentum Relaxation Times / 5.2.4: |
Temperature Dependence of Mobilities / 5.2.5: |
Modulation Doping / 5.3: |
High-Field Transport and Hot Carrier Effects / 5.4: |
Velocity Saturation / 5.4.1: |
Negative Differential Resistance / 5.4.2: |
Gunn Effect / 5.4.3: |
Magneto-Transport and the Hall Effect / 5.5: |
Magneto-Conductivity Tensor / 5.5.1: |
Hall Effect / 5.5.2: |
Hall Coefficient for Thin Film Samples (van der Pauw Method) / 5.5.3: |
Hall Effect for a Distribution of Electron Energies / 5.5.4: |
Optical Properties I / 6: |
Macroscopic Electrodynamics / 6.1: |
Digression: Units for the Frequency of Electromagnetic Waves / 6.1.1: |
Experimental Determination of Optical Constants / 6.1.2: |
Kramers-Kronig Relations / 6.1.3: |
The Dielectric Function / 6.2: |
Experimental Results / 6.2.1: |
Microscopic Theory of the Dielectric Function / 6.2.2: |
Joint Density of States and Van Hove Singularities / 6.2.3: |
Van Hove Singularities in ϵi / 6.2.4: |
Direct Absorption Edges / 6.2.5: |
Indirect Absorption Edges / 6.2.6: |
""""Forbidden"""" Direct Absorption Edges / 6.2.7: |
Excitons / 6.3: |
Exciton Effect at M0 Critical Points / 6.3.1: |
Absorption Spectra of Excitons / 6.3.2: |
Exciton Effect at M1 Critical Points or Hyperbolic Excitons / 6.3.3: |
Exciton Effect at M3 Critical Points / 6.3.4: |
Phonon-Polaritons and Lattice Absorption / 6.4: |
Phonon-Polaritons / 6.4.1: |
Lattice Absorption and Reflection / 6.4.2: |
Multiphonon Lattice Absorption / 6.4.3: |
Dynamic Effective Ionic Charges in Heteropolar Semiconductors / 6.4.4: |
Absorption Associated with Extrinsic Electrons / 6.5: |
Free-Carrier Absorption in Doped Semiconductors / 6.5.1: |
Absorption by Carriers Bound to Shallow Donors and Acceptors / 6.5.2: |
Modulation Spectroscopy / 6.6: |
Frequency Modulated Reflectance and Thermoreflectance / 6.6.3: |
Piezoreflectance / 6.6.4: |
Electroreflectance (Franz-Keldysh Effect) / 6.6.5: |
Photoreflectance / 6.6.6: |
Reflectance Difference Spectroscopy / 6.6.7: |
Optical Properties II / 7: |
Emission Spectroscopies / 7.1: |
Band-to-Band Transitions / 7.1.1: |
Free-to-Bound Transitions / 7.1.2: |
Donor-Acceptor Pair Transitions / 7.1.3: |
Excitons and Bound Excitons / 7.1.4: |
Luminescence Excitation Spectroscopy / 7.1.5: |
Light Scattering Spectroscopies / 7.2: |
Macroscopic Theory of Inelastic Light Scattering by Phonons / 7.2.1: |
Raman Tensor and Selection Rules / 7.2.2: |
Experimental Determination of Raman Spectra / 7.2.3: |
Microscopic Theory of Raman Scattering / 7.2.4: |
A Detour into the World of Feynman Diagrams / 7.2.5: |
Brillouin Scattering / 7.2.6: |
Experimental Determination of Brillouin Spectra / 7.2.7: |
Resonant Raman and Brillouin Scattering / 7.2.8: |
Photoelectron Spectroscopy / 8: |
Photoemission / 8.1: |
Angle-Integrated Photoelectron Spectra of the Valence Bands / 8.1.1: |
Angle-Resolved Photoelectron Spectra of the Valence Bands / 8.1.2: |
Core Levels / 8.1.3: |
Inverse Photoemission |
Surface Effects / 8.2: |
Surface States and Surface Reconstruction / 8.3.1: |
Surface Energy Bands / 8.3.2: |
Fermi Level Pinning and Space Charge Layers / 8.3.3: |
Effect of Quantum Confinement on Electrons and Phonons in Semiconductors / 9: |
Quantum Confinement and Density of States / 9.1: |
Quantum Confinement of Electrons and Holes / 9.2: |
Semiconductor Materials for Quantum Wells and Superlattices / 9.2.1: |
Classification of Multiple Quantum Wells and Superlattices / 9.2.2: |
Confinement of Energy Levels of Electrons and Holes / 9.2.3: |
Some Experimental Results / 9.2.4: |
Phonons in Superlattices / 9.3: |
Phonons in Superlattices: Folded Acoustic and Confined Optic Modes / 9.3.1: |
Folded Acoustic Modes: Macroscopic Treatment / 9.3.2: |
Confined Optical Modes: Macroscopic Treatment / 9.3.3: |
Electrostatic Effects in Polar Crystals: Interface Modes / 9.3.4: |
Raman Spectra of Phonons in Semiconductor Superlattices / 9.4: |
Raman Scattering by Folded Acoustic Phonons / 9.4.1: |
Raman Scattering by Confined Optical Phonons / 9.4.2: |
Raman Scattering by Interface Modes / 9.4.3: |
Macroscopic Models of Electron-LO Phonon (Fröhlich) Interaction in Multiple Quantum Wells / 9.4.4: |
Electrical Transport: Resonant Tunneling / 9.5: |
Resonant Tunneling Through a Double-Barrier Quantum Well / 9.5.1: |
I-V Characteristics of Resonant Tunneling Devices / 9.5.2: |
Quantum Hall Effects in Two-Dimensional Electron Gases / 9.6: |
Landau Theory of Diamagnetism in a Three-Dimensional Free Electron Gas / 9.6.1: |
Magneto-Conductivity of a Two-Dimensional Electron Gas: Filling Factor / 9.6.2: |
The Experiment of von Klitzing, Pepper and Dorda / 9.6.3: |
Explanation of the Hall Plateaus in the Integral Quantum Hall Effect / 9.6.4: |
Concluding Remarks / 9.7: |
Appendix: Pioneers of Semiconductor Physics Remember |
Ultra-Pure Germanium: From Applied to Basic Research or an Old Semiconductor Offering New Opportunities / Eugene E. Haller |
Two Pseudopotential Methods: Empirical and Ab Initio / Marvin L. Cohen |
The Early Stages of Band-Structures Physics and Its Struggles for a Place in the Sun / Conyers Herring |
Cyclotron Resonance and Structure of Conduction and Valence Band Edges in Silicon and Germanium / Charles Kittel |
Optical Properties of Amorphous Semiconductors and Solar Cells / Jan Tauc |
Optical Spectroscopy of Shallow Impurity Centers / Elias Burstein |
On the Prehistory of Angular Resolved Photoemission / Neville V. Smith |
The Discovery and Very Basics of the Quantum Hall Effect / Klaus von Klitzing |
The Birth of the Semiconductor Superlattice / Leo Esaki |
References |
Subject Index |
Table of Fundamental Physical Constants (Inside Front Cover) |
Table of Units (Inside Back Cover) |
Introduction / 1: |
A Survey of Semiconductors / 1.1: |
Elemental Semiconductors / 1.1.1: |
Binary Compounds / 1.1.2: |
Oxides / 1.1.3: |
Layered Semiconductors / 1.1.4: |