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020 _a9780511819070 (ebook)
020 _z9780521481489 (hardback)
020 _z9780521484916 (paperback)
040 _aUkCbUP
_beng
_erda
_cUkCbUP
050 0 0 _aQC611.8.L68
_bD39 1998
082 0 0 _a537.6/221
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100 1 _aDavies, J. H.
_q(John H.),
_eauthor.
245 1 4 _aThe physics of low-dimensional semiconductors :
_ban introduction /
_cJohn H. Davies.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c1998.
300 _a1 online resource (xviii, 438 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
520 _aThe composition of modern semiconductor heterostructures can be controlled precisely on the atomic scale to create low-dimensional systems. These systems have revolutionised semiconductor physics, and their impact on technology, particularly for semiconductor lasers and ultrafast transistors, is widespread and burgeoning. This book provides an introduction to the general principles that underlie low-dimensional semiconductors. As far as possible, simple physical explanations are used, with reference to examples from actual devices. The author shows how, beginning with fundamental results from quantum mechanics and solid-state physics, a formalism can be developed that describes the properties of low-dimensional semiconductor systems. Among numerous examples, two key systems are studied in detail: the two-dimensional electron gas, employed in field-effect transistors, and the quantum well, whose optical properties find application in lasers and other opto-electronic devices. The book includes many exercises and will be invaluable to undergraduate and first-year graduate physics or electrical engineering students taking courses in low-dimensional systems or heterostructure device physics.
650 0 _aLow-dimensional semiconductors.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9780521481489
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511819070
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