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Zusatztext The practical forms of heterojunctions! multilayer structures and other microstructures are treated in depth and the wide range of devices utilising these stuctures are treated in theoretical! technological and applicability terms. Klappentext It is now routine to design and prepare semiconductor multilayers one atomic layer at a time, with independent control over the doping and composition approaching atomic-scale resolution in each layer. In turn, these multilayers can be patterned with features that are as small as only a few atomic layers in lateral extent. These resulting structures not only have led to new generations of electronic and optoelectronic devices offering superior performance, but also have opened up many new areas of exciting solid state and quantum physics. This book collates the whole of semiconductor science and technology relating to semiconductor multilayers since 1970, and points the way towards the ultimate of materials engineering - the design and preparation of solids atom by atom. Materials, technology, physics, and device issues are covered in detail, making this work ideal for physicists, electronic engineers, and materials scientists alike. Zusammenfassung This work describes the advances in semiconductor science and technology since the late 1970s, with multilayer semiconductor structures as the constant theme running through the book. It also describes new and exciting quantum physics, advances with materials and technology, and the devices themselves, in a unified and coherent overview. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Introduction 1: Resumé of bulk semiconductor physics 2: III-V semiconductor homojunctions and heterojunctions 3: Fabrication technologies for semiconductor microstructures 4: Low dimensional physics 5: The two dimensional electron gas (2DEG) 6: The one dimensional electron gas (1DEG) 7: Hot electron phenomena 8: Tunnelling phenomena 9: Superlattices and minibands 10: Quantum wells and their optical properties 11: Quantum pillars and boxes: electronic and optical properties 12: Mesoscopic phenomena and coulomb blockade 13: Exotic materials combinations: new physics including strain 14: Silicon and silicon heterojunctions 15: Thermal, mechanical and other properties 16: Devices I: field effect and heterojunction bipolar transistors 17: Devices II: Microwave diodes 18: Devices III: lasers, modulators and detectors 19: Devices IV: infrared and solar devices 20: Amorphous semiconductor multilayers 21: Towards 2000 22: Radical alternatives Appendices ...
