Hot Carriers in Semiconductor Nanostructures: Physics and Applications

by Jagdeep Shah

Overview

Nonequilibrium hot charge carriers play a crucial role in the physics and technology of semiconductor nanostructure devices. This book, one of the first on the topic, discusses fundamental aspects of hot carriers in quasi-two-dimensional systems and the impact of these carriers on semiconductor devices. The work will provide scientists and device engineers with an authoritative review of the most exciting recent developments in this rapidly moving field. It should be read by all those who wish to learn the fundamentals of contemporary ultra-small, ultra-fast semiconductor devices.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780126381405
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	01/28/1992
Pages:	508
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

J. Shah, Overview. B.K. Ridley, Electron-Phonon Interactions in 2D Systems. S. Das Sarma, Quantum Many-Body Aspects of Hot-Carrier Relaxation in Semiconductor Microstructures. W. P*adotz and P. Kocevar, Cooling of Highly Photoexcited Electron-Hole Plasma in Polar Semiconductors and Semiconductor Wells: A Balance-Equation Approach. A.P. Jauho, Tunneling Times in Semiconductor Heterostructures: A Critical Review. F. Rossi, R. Brunetti, and C. Jacoboni, Quantum Transport. S.M. Goodnick and P. Lugli, Hot-Carrier Relaxation in Quasi-2D Systems. I.C. Kizilyalli and K. Hess, Monte Carlo Simulation of GaAs-AlxGA1-xASField-Effect Transistors. J. Shah, Ultrafast Luminescence Studies of Carrier Relaxation and Tunneling in Semicondutor Nanostructures. W.H. Knox, Optical Studies of Femtosecond Carrier Thermalization in GaAs. J.F. Ryan and M.C. Tatham, Time-Resolved Raman Measurements of Electron-Phonon Interactions in Quantum Wells and Superlattices. R.A. H*adopfel, J. Shah, and S. Juen, Electron-Hole Scattering in Quantum Wells. M. Heiblum and U. Sivan, Ballistic Transport in Two-Dimensional Electron Gas. N. Yokoyama, H. Oshnishi, T. Mori, M. Takatsu, S. Muto, K. Imamura, and A. Shibatomi, Resonant-Tunneling Hot Electron Transistors. E.R. Brown, Resonant Tunneling in High-Speed Double Barrier Diodes. Chapter References. Index.

Editorial Reviews

"The contributors are mostly those persons responsible for the progress that has been made. The contributions are well balanced between theory and experiment....The book is obviously intended for active researchers in the field, but will also be of value to graduate students and researchers who want to get into the field." —SEMICONDUCTOR SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY

From the Publisher

Reviews the most exciting recent developments in the field of hot carriers in semiconductor nanostructures, a field that is important from fundamental as well as device points of view, for specialists as a source of references and of information on subfields related to their interests, for nonspecialists as an overview of the field, for researchers interested in the basic physics of semiconductor nanostructures as a source of information about scattering processes in quasi-2D systems, and for researchers interested in nanostructure devices as an overview of some of these devices and as a source of information about the basic physics governing them. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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