Semiconductor Physics - An Introduction is suitable for the senior undergraduate or new graduate student majoring in electrical engineering or physics. It will also be useful to solid-state scientists and device engineers involved in semiconductor design and technology. The text provides a lucid account of band structure, density of states, charge transport, energy transport and optical processes, and a detailed description of many devices. It includes sections on superlattices and quantum well structures, the effects of deep-level impurities on transport, the quantum Hall effect and the calculation of the influence of a magnetic field on the carrier distribution function. This 7th edition has been revised and corrected, and new sections have been added to some chapters, e.g. a section on the fractional quantum Hall effect. Front Matter....Pages I-XII Elementary Properties of Semiconductors....Pages 1-9 Energy Band Structure....Pages 10-33 Semiconductor Statistics....Pages 34-46 Charge and Energy Transport in a Nondegenerate Electron Gas....Pages 47-119 Carrier Diffusion Processes....Pages 120-160 Scattering Processes in a Spherical One-Valley Model....Pages 161-225 Charge Transport and Scattering Processes in the Many-Valley Model....Pages 226-269 Carrier Transport in the Warped-Sphere Model....Pages 270-284 Quantum Effects in Transport Phenomena....Pages 285-316 Impact Ionization and Avalanche Breakdown....Pages 317-327 Optical Absorption and Reflection....Pages 328-408 Photoconductivity....Pages 409-423 Light Generation by Semiconductors....Pages 424-448 Surface and Interface Properties and the Quantum Hall Effect....Pages 449-477 Miscellaneous Semiconductors....Pages 478-487 Back Matter....Pages 488-522 Semiconductor Physics - An Introduction - is suitable for the senior undergraduate or new graduate student majoring in electrical engineering or physics. It will also be useful to solid-state scientists and device engineers involved in semiconductor design and technology. The text provides a lucid account of charge transport, energy transport and optical processes, and a detailed description of many devices. It includes sections on superlattices and quantum well structures, the effects of deep-level impurities on transport, the quantum Hall effect and the calculation of the influence of a magnetic field on the carrier distribution function. This 6th edition has been revised and corrected, and new sections have been added to different chapters. 1. Elementary Properties of Semiconductors 2. Energy Band Structure 3. Semiconductor Statistics 4. Charge and Energy Transport in a Nondegenerate Electron Gas 5. Carrier Diffusion Processes 6. Scattering Processes in a Spherical One-Valley Model 7. Charge Transport and Scattering Processes in the Many-Valley Model 8. Carrier Transport in the Warped-Sphere Model 9. Quantum Effects in Transport Phenomena 10. Impact Ionization and Avalanche Breakdown 11. Optical Absorption and Reflection 12. Photoconductivity. 13. Light Generation by Semiconductors 4. Surface and Interface Properties and the Quantum Hall Effect 15. Miscellaneous Semiconductors A. Physical Constants References.
