This fourth edition of the well-established Fundamentals of Semiconductors serves 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.

The major changes made in the fourth edition include: an extensive appendix about the important and by now well-established deep center known as the DX center, additional problems and the solutions to over fifty of the problems at the end of the various chapters.

Some of the solutions contain extensions via discussion about topics of current interest in the field of semiconductor physics, such as spin-orbit coupling and k-linear band dispersion.


The most striking feature of the book is its modern outlook ... provides a wonderful foundation. The most wonderful feature is its efficient style of exposition ... an excellent book." Physics Today

"This book, aimed at postgraduates not undergraduates, exemplifies both the difficulty of the subject and its variety. It presents the theoretical derivations carefully and in detail and gives thorough discussions of the experimental results it presents. This makes it an excellent textbook both for learners and for more experienced researchers wishing to check facts. I have enjoyed reading it and strongly recommend it as a text for anyone working with semiconductors … I know of no better text … I am sure most semiconductor physicists will find this book useful and I recommend it to them." Contemporary Physics


PART 1. Introduction
1.1 A Survey of Semiconductors
1.2 Growth Techniques

PART 2. Electronic Band Structures
2.1 Quantum Mechanics
2.2 Translational Symmetry and Brillouin Zones
2.3 A Pedestrian’s Guide to Group Theory
2.4 Empty Lattice or Nearly Free Electron Energy Bands
2.5 Band Structure Calculations by Pseudopotential Method1
2.6 The k.p Method of Band-Structure Calculations
2.7 Tight-Binding or LCAO Approach to the Band Structure of Semiconductors

PART 3. Vibrational Properties of Semiconductors, and Electron–Phonon Interactions
3.1 Phonon Dispersion Curves of Semiconductors
3.2 Models for Calculating Phonon Dispersion Curves of Semiconductors
3.3 Electron–Phonon Interactions

PART 4. Electronic Properties of Defects
4.1 Classification of Defects
4.2 Shallow or Hydrogenic Impurities
4.3 Deep Centers107

PART 5. Electrical Transport
5.1 Quasi-Classical Approach
5.2 Carrier Mobility for a Nondegenerate Electron Gas
5.3 Modulation Doping
5.4 High-Field Transport and Hot Carrier Effects
5.5 Magneto-Transport and the Hall Effect

PART 6. Optical Properties I
6.1 Macroscopic Electrodynamics
6.2 The Dielectric Function203
6.3 Excitons
6.4 Phonon-Polaritons and Lattice Absorption
6.5 Absorption Associated with Extrinsic Electrons
6.6 Modulation Spectroscopy
6.7 Addendum (Third Edition):Dielectric Function

PART 7. Optical Properties II
7.1 Emission Spectroscopies
7.2 Light Scattering Spectroscopies

PART 8. Photoelectron Spectroscopy
8.1 Photoemission
8.2 Inverse Photoemission
8.3 Surface Effects

PART 9. Effect of Quantum Confinement on Electrons and Phonons in Semiconductors
9.1 Quantum Confinement and Density of States
9.3 Phonons in Superlattices
9.4 Raman Spectra of Phonons in Semiconductor Superlattices
9.5 Electrical Transport:Resonant Tunneling
9.6 Quantum Hall Effects in Two-Dimensional Electron Gases
9.7 Concluding Remarks

APPENDIX A:Pioneers of Semiconductor Physics Remember…
- Ultra-Pure Germanium:From Applied to Basic Research or an Old Semiconductor Offering New Opportunities - By Eugene E.Haller
- Two Pseudopotential Methods:Empirical and Ab Initio - By Marvin L.Cohen
- The Early Stages of Band-Structures Physics and Its Struggles for a Place in the Sun - By Conyers Herring
- Cyclotron Resonance and Structure of Conduction and Valence Band Edges in Silicon and Germanium - By Charles Kittel
- Optical Properties of Amorphous Semiconductors and Solar Cells - By Jan Tauc
- Optical Spectroscopy of Shallow Impurity Centers - By Elias Burstein
- On the Prehistory of Angular Resolved Photoemission - By Neville V.Smith
- The Discovery and Very Basics of the Quantum Hall Effect - By Klaus von Klitzing
- The Birth of the Semiconductor Superlattice - By Leo Esaki
APPENDIX B:Solutions to Some of the Problems
APPENDIX C:Recent Development
APPENDIX D:Recent Developments and References

References
Subject Index
Physical Parameters of Tetrahedral Semiconductors
Table of Fundamental Physical Constants
Table of Units

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