Fundamentals of Semiconductors: Physics and Materials Properties

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Fundamentals of Semiconductors attempts to fill the gap between a general solid-state physics textbook and research articles by providing detailed explanations of the electronic, vibrational, transport, and optical properties of semiconductors. The approach is physical and intuitive rather than formal and pedantic. Theories are presented to explain experimental results. This textbook has been written with both students and researchers in mind. Its emphasis is on understanding the physical properties of Si and similar tetrahedrally coordinated semiconductors. The explanations are based on physical insights. Each chapter is enriched by an extensive collection of tables of material parameters, figures and problems. Many of these problems 'lead the student by the hand' to arrive at the results.

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Fundamentals of Semiconductors attempts to fill the gap between a general solid-state physics textbook and research articles by providing detailed explanations of the electronic, vibrational, transport, and optical properties of semiconductors. The approach is physical and intuitive rather than formal and pedantic. Theories are presented to explain experimental results. This textbook has been written with both students and researchers in mind. Its emphasis is on understanding the physical properties of Si and similar tetrahedrally coordinated semiconductors. The explanations are based on physical insights. Each chapter is enriched by an extensive collection of tables of material parameters, figures and problems. Many of these problems 'lead the student by the hand' to arrive at the results. -- Book Description

It concentrates on bulk semiconductors (with natural periodicity) and superlattices (with artificial periodicity) at a level satisfactory for research students... All chapters have their own references (from the historical important papers to modern monographs and textbooks) and are enriched with tables of material parameters, figures and problems (105 in total)... The book is of great value for graduate students and research students in the field of semiconductor physics, for lecturers of semiconductors and for engineers working in the field of research and development of electronic and especially optoelectronic devices. -- Zeitschrift f(r Physikalische Chemie