Semiconductor Physics: Principles, Theory and Nanoscale(3 Electroscience Series)

The subject of semiconductor physics today includes not only many of the aspects that constitute solid state physics, but also much more. It includes what happens at the nanoscale and at surfaces and interfaces, behavior with few interaction events and few carriers --- electrons and their quasi-particle holes --- in the valence bands, the exchange of energies in various forms, the coupling of energetic events over short and long length scales, quantum reversibility tied to macroscale linearity and eventually to nonlinearities, the thermodynamic and statistical consequences of fluctuation-dissipation, and others. This text brings together traditional solid-state approaches from the 20th century with developments of the early part of the 21st century, to reach an understanding of semiconductor physics in its multifaceted forms. It reveals how an understanding of what happens within the material can lead to insights into what happens in its use. The collection of four textbooks in the Electroscience series culminates in a comprehensive understanding of nanoscale devices -- electronic, magnetic, mechanical and optical -- in the 4th volume. The series builds up to this last subject with volumes devoted to underlying semiconductor and solid-state physics.

Table of Contents:
1: Hamiltonians and solution techniques 2: Entropy, information and energy 3: Waves and particles in the crystal 4: Bandstructures 5: Semiconductor surfaces 6: Semiconductor interfaces and junctions 7: Point perturbations 8: Transport and evolution of classical and quantum ensembles 9: Scattering-constrained dynamics 10: Major scattering processes 11: Particle generation and recombination 12: Light interactions with semiconductors 13: Causality and Green>'s functions 14: Quantum to macroscale and linear response 15: Onsager relationships 16: Noise 17: Stress and strain effects 18: High permittivity dielectrics 19: Remote processes 20: Quantum confinement and monolayer semiconductors App. A: Integral transform theorems App. B: Various useful functions App. C: Random processes App. D: Calculus of variation and the Lagrangian method App. E: A thermodynamics primer App. F: Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution function App. G: Spin and spin matrices App. H: Density of states App. I: Oscillator strength App. J: Effective mass tensor App. K: A and B coefficients, and spontaneous and stimulated emission App. L: Helmholtz theorem and vector splitting App. M: Mode coupling and Purcell effect App. M: Vector and scalar potentials App. O: Analyticity, Kramers-Kronig and Hilbert transforms App. P: Particle velocities

About the Author :
Sandip Tiwari is Charles N. Mellowes Professor in Engineering at Cornell University and Visiting Professor at Université de Paris-Sud (Orsay). His contributions to engineering have included the invention of nanocrystal memories, as a group researcher in the first demonstration of SiGe bipolar transistor and a variety of others of fundamental importanceDL-theoretical and experimentalDL-in electronic and optical devices, circuits and architectures. He was founding editor-in-chief of IEEE's Transactions on Nanotechnology. Among the various recognitions of his contributions are the Cledo Brunetti award of IEEE (2007), the Young Scientist Award from Institute of Physics' GaAs & Related Compounds (2003), the Distinguished Alumni award of IIT Kanpur (2002), and the fellowships of IEEE (1994) and APS (1998).