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This monograph solely presents the Fowler-Nordheim field emission (FNFE) from semiconductors and their nanostructures. The book covers a wide range of different technologically important electronic compounds, and contains 200 open research problems.
List of contents
PART-I: FOWLER-NORDHEIM FIELD EMISSION FROM QUANTUM WIRES AND SUPERLATTICES OF NON-PARABOLIC MATERIALS.- Field emission from quantum wires of non-parabolic materials.- Field emission from quantum wire superlattices of non-parabolic materials.- Field emission from quantum confined materials under magnetic quantization.- Field emission from super lattices of non-parabolic materials under magnetic quantization.- PART-II: FOWLER-NORDHEIM FIELD EMISSION FROM QUANTUM CONFINED OPTOELECTRONIC MATERIALS IN THE PRESENCE OF LIGHT WAVES.- Field emission from quantum confined materials in the presence of light waves.- PART - III: FOWLER-NORDHEIM FIELD EMISSION FROM QUANTUM CONFINED OPTOELECTRONIC MATERIALS IN THE PRESENCE OF INTENCE ELECTRIC FIELD.- Field emission from quantum confined optoelectronic materials.- Applications and Brief Review of Experimental Results.
About the author
Professor K. P. Ghatak is the First Recipient of the Degree of Doctor of Engineering of Jadavpur University in 1991 since the University inception in 1955 and in the same year he received the prestigious Indian National Science Academy award. He joined as Lecturer in the Institute of Radio Physics and Electronics of the University of Calcutta in 1983, Reader in the Department of Electronics and Telecommunication of Jadavpur University in 1987 and Professor in the Department of Electronic Science of the University of Calcutta in 1994 respectively. His present research interest is nanostructured science and technology. He is the principal co-author of more than 200 research papers on Semiconductor and Nanoscience in eminent peer-reviewed International Journals and more than 50 research papers in the Proceedings of the International Conferences held in USA and many of his papers are being cited many times. Professor Ghatak is the invited Speaker of SPIE, MRS, etc. and is the referee of different eminent Journals.
Summary
This monograph solely presents the Fowler-Nordheim field emission (FNFE) from semiconductors and their nanostructures. The materials considered are quantum confined non-linear optical, III-V, II-VI, Ge, Te, carbon nanotubes, PtSb2, stressed materials, Bismuth, GaP, Gallium Antimonide, II-V, Bi2Te3, III-V, II-VI, IV-VI and HgTe/CdTe superlattices with graded interfaces and effective mass superlattices under magnetic quantization and quantum wires of the aforementioned superlattices. The FNFE in opto-electronic materials and their quantum confined counterparts is studied in the presence of light waves and intense electric fields on the basis of newly formulated electron dispersion laws that control the studies of such quantum effect devices. The importance of band gap measurements in opto-electronic materials in the presence of external fields is discussed from this perspective. This monograph contains 200 open research problems which form the very core and are useful for Ph. D students and researchers. The book can also serve as a basis for a graduate course on field emission from solids.
