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Informationen zum Autor Dr Naci Balkan, University of Essex, Department of Physics, Colchester, Essex, CO4 3SQ, UK Tel.: +44 1206 872878, Fax: +44 1206 873598, Email: balkan@essex.ac.uk Klappentext Under certain conditions electrons in a semiconductor become much hotter than the surrounding crystal lattice. When this happens, Ohm's Law breaks down: current no longer increases linearly with voltage and may even decrease. Hot electrons have long been a challenging problem in condensedmatter physics and remain important in semiconductor research. Recent advances in technology have led to semiconductors with submicron dimensions, where electrons can be confined to two (quantum well), one (quantum wire), or zero (quantum dot) dimensions. In these devices small voltages heatelectrons rapidly, inducing complex nonlinear behavior; the study of hot electrons is central to their further development. This book is the only comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of hot electrons. Intended for both established researchers and graduate students, it gives a complete account ofthe historical development of the subject, together with current research and future trends, and covers the physics of hot electrons in bulk and low-dimensional device technology. The contributions are from leading scientists in the field and are grouped broadly into five categories: introductionand overview; hot electron-phonon interactions and ultra-fast phenomena in bulk and two-dimensional structures; hot electrons in quantum wires and dots; hot electron tunneling and transport in superlattices; and novel devices based on hot electron transport. Zusammenfassung This title is about what happens when Ohms law breaks down completely. How it happens, and the impact of the phenomenon on current research in semiconductors and on the electronic and optoelectronic technology is the subject matter of this book.
