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Semiconductor quantum structures are at the core of many photonic devices such as lasers, photodetectors, solar cells etc. To appreciate why they are such a good fit to these devices, we must understand the basic features of their band structure and how they interact with incident light. Many books have taken on this task in the past, but their treatments tend either to pluck results from the literature and present them as received truths or to rely on unrealistically simple models.
Bands and Photons in III-V Semiconductor Quantum Structures takes the reader from the very basics of III-V semiconductors (some preparation in quantum mechanics and electromagnetism is helpful) and shows how seemingly obscure results such as detailed forms of the Hamiltonian, optical transition strengths, and recombination mechanisms follow. The reader would not need to consult other references to fully understand the material, although a few handpicked sources are listed for those who would like to deepen their knowledge further. Connections to the properties of novel materials such as graphene and transition metal dichalcogenides are pointed out, to help prepare the reader for contributing at the forefront of research in those fields.
The book also supplies a complete, up-to-date database of the band parameters that enter into the calculations, along with tables of optical constants and interpolation schemes for alloys. From these foundations, the book goes on to derive the characteristics of photonic semiconductor devices (with a focus on the mid-infrared) using the same principles of building all concepts from the ground up, explaining all derivations in detail, giving quantitative examples, and laying out dimensional arguments whenever they can help the reader's understanding.
Contents
1: Basics of Crystal Structure and Band Structure
2: Introduction to kxp Theory
3: Detailed k-p Theory for Bulk III-V Semiconductors
4: Absorption and Emission of Light in III-V semiconductors
5: Other Techniques for Calculating Semiconductor Band Structure
6: Binary Compound Semiconductors
7: Alloys and Exotic Materials
8: Basics of Envelope-Function Theory
9: Methods for Computing the States of Quantum Structures
10: Superlattice and Quantum-Well Band Structure
11: Absorption and Emission of Light in Quantum Structures
12: Semiconductor Photonic Devices
13: Quantum Cascade Lasers
14: Semiconductor Photodetectors
15: Solar Cells, Thermophotovoltaics, and Nonlinear Devices
