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Informationen zum Autor Dr. Michael A. Stroscio earned a Ph.D. in Physics from Yale University and held research positions at the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory and the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, before moving into the management of federal research and development at a variety of U.S. government agencies. Dr. Stroscio has served as a policy analyst for the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, and as Vice Chairman of the White House Panel on Scientific Communication. He has taught and lectured on Physics and Electrical Engineering at several universities including Duke University, the North Carolina State University and the University of California at Los Angeles. Klappentext This book focuses on the theory of phonon interactions in nanoscale structures with particular emphasis on modern electronic and optoelectronic devices. The continuing progress in the fabrication of semiconductor nanostructures with lower dimensional features has led to devices with enhanced functionality and even novel devices with new operating principles. The critical role of phonon effects in such semiconductor devices is well known. There is therefore a great need for a greater awareness and understanding of confined phonon effects. A key goal of this book is to describe tractable models of confined phonons and how these are applied to calculations of basic properties and phenomena of semiconductor heterostructures. The level of presentation is appropriate for undergraduate and graduate students in physics and engineering with some background in quantum mechanics and solid state physics or devices. A basic understanding of electromagnetism and classical acoustics is assumed. Zusammenfassung This book focuses on the theory of phonon interactions in nanostructures with particular emphasis on modern heterostructure devices. Tractable models of confined phonons and their application to calculating properties and phenomena of semiconductor heterostructures are described. The book is aimed at researchers! graduate students and undergraduates in physics and engineering. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; The first part: 1. Phonons in nanostructures; 2. Phonons in bulk cubic crystals; 3. Phonons in bulk würtzite crystals; 4. Raman properties of bulk phonons; 5. Occupation number representation and general formulation of carrier-phonon scattering rates; 6. Anharmonic coupling of phonons; 7. Continuum models for phonons in bulk and dimensionally-confined semiconductors; 8. Carrier-LO-phonon scattering; 9. Carrier-acoustic-phonon scattering; 10. Recent developments on electron-phonon interactions in structures in electronic and optoelectronic devices; 11. Concluding considerations; Appendices....
