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The book provides a technical account of the basic physics of those nanostructures that are the foundation of the hardware of all manner of computers. It will be read by semiconductor physicists and electronic engineers and advanced research students world-wide.
List of contents
- Part 1: Basics
- 1: Acoustic Modes
- 2: Optical Modes
- 3: Polar Modes in Zinc Blende
- 4: Boundary Conditions
- 5: Scalar and Vector Fields
- Part 2: Hybrid Modes in Nanostructures
- 6: Hybrid Modes in a Non-Polar Slab
- 7: Single Heterostructure
- 8: Quantum Well
- 9: Quantum Wire
- 10: Quantum Dot
- Part 3: Electron-Phonon Interaction
- 11: General Remarks
- 12: Electrons
- 13: Scattering Rate in Single Heterostructure
- 14: Scattering Rate in a Quantum Well
- 15: Scattering Rate in a Quantum Wire
- 16: The Electron-Phonon Interactiong in a Quantum Dot
- 17: Coupled Modes
- 18: Hot Phonon Lifetime
About the author
Brian K. Ridley gained his B.Sc. in physics from University of Durham in 1953, and later his Ph.D. on colour centres in the alkali halides in 1957. He worked at the Mullard Research Laboratory, Redhill, 1956-1964; before moving to the Department of Physics at the University of Essex, 1964-present. He has been a Full Professor from 1984, Research Professor from 1991-2007, and Professor Emeritus from 2008. He also holds Visiting appointments at Cornell,Stanford, Lyngby, Princeton, Lundt, Santa Barbara, Hong Kong. He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1994, awarded the Paul Dirac Prize and Medal in 2001 by the Institute of Physics, and awarded Prize of the HCIS International Conference, Modena, in July 2003.
Summary
The book provides a technical account of the basic physics of those nanostructures that are the foundation of the hardware of all manner of computers. It will be read by semiconductor physicists and electronic engineers and advanced research students world-wide.
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[A] book of some elegance which deftly presents the principal properties of phonons in nanostructures... nothing but lavish praise for the efforts of the author and publisher in the production of this book
