Query: Quantum semiconductor structures: Fundamentals and applications

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abstract: Introduction. The Advent of Ultrathin, Well Contained Semiconductor Heterostructures. A Prerequisite. The Mastering of Semiconductor Purity and Interfaces. The Electronic Properties of Thin Semiconductor Heterostructures. Quantum Well Energy Levels. Triangular Quantum Well Energy Levels. Two Dimensional Density of States. Excitons and Shallow Impurities in Quantum Wells. Tunneling Structures, Coupled Quantum Wells, and Superlattices. Modulation Doping of Heterostructures. n i p i Structures. Optical Properties of Thin Heterostructures. Optical Matrix Element. Selection Rules. Energy Levels, Band Discontinuities, and Layer Fluctuations. Low Temperature Luminescence. Carrier and Exciton Dynamics. Inelastic Light Scattering. Non Linear and Electro Optic Effects. Electrical Properties of Thin Heterostructures. Mobility in Parallel Transport. Hot Electron Effects in Parallel Transport. Perpendicular Transport. Quantum Transport. Applications of Quantized Semiconductor Heterostructures. Electronic Devices Based on Parallel Transport. Electronic Devices Based on Perpendicular Transport. Quantum Well Lasers. Towards 1D and 0D Physics and Devices. One and Zero Dimensional Systems. 1D and 0D Semiconductor Fabrication Techniques. Electrical Applications of 1D and 0D Structures. 1D and 0D Optical Devices. Selected Bibliography. References. Index.
author_names: Claude Weisbuch

B Vinter
title: Quantum Semiconductor Structures: Fundamentals and Applications
year: 1991

author_names: H von Kanel
title: Quantum semiconductor structures: Fundamentals and applications, by. C. Weisbuch, B. Vinter, Academic Press, London 1991, xii, 252 pp. paperback, $34.96, ISBN 0 12 742680 9 [198]
year: 1992

author_names: Claude Weisbuch

B Vinter

C Gignoux
title: Quantum Semiconductor Structures: Fundamentals And Applications By Claude Weisbuch;Borge Vinter
year: 1991

abstract: 1. Epitaxial growth of semiconductors D. Vvedensky 2. Electrons in quantum semiconductor structures: an introduction E. Johnson 3. Electrons in quantum semiconductor structures: more advanced systems and methods E. Johnson 4. Phonons in low dimensional semiconductor structures M. Blencowe 5. Localization and transport A. MacKinnon 6. Electronic states and optical properties of quantum wells J. Nelson 7. Nonlinear optics in low dimensional semiconductors C. Phillips 8. Semiconductor lasers A. Khan, P. Stavridou, and G. Parry 9. Mesoscopic devices T. Thornton 10. High speed heterostructure devices J. Harris.
author_names: K W J Barnham

Dimitri D Vvedensky
title: Low Dimensional Semiconductor Structures: Fundamentals and Device Applications
year: 2008

abstract: Abstract Molecular beam epitaxy of IV VI semiconductor multilayers, quantum dots (QD) and device applications are described. The properties of the IV VI compounds differ in several respects from zinc blende III V or II VI semiconductors. This has significant consequences on the growth processes of molecular beam epitaxy as well as for the electronic properties of quantum wells and superlattices. QDs can be obtained by the Stranski Krastanov growth mode as well as by epitaxial phase separation and nanoprecipitation. In the first case, excellent three dimensional ordering and stacking of QDs in superlattices can be achieved due to the high elastic anisotropy, leading to the formation of three dimensional QD crystals. In the second case, strong mid infrared emission of QDs at room temperature has been obtained that is tunable over a wide spectral region. The main application of IV VI or lead salt compounds is in mid infrared optoelectronic devices, and examples for diode lasers, vertical cavity surface emitting laser, and microdisc lasers are described.
author_names: Gunther Springholz
title: Molecular Beam Epitaxy of IV VI Semiconductors: Fundamentals, Low dimensional Structures, and Device Applications
year: 2018

abstract: Richard Feynman famously said 'there's plenty of room at the bottom' and surely one of the most fashionable and scientifically interesting subfields of modern nanotechnology is plasmonics. Indeed, clever manipulation of the collective excitation of conduction electrons in certain materials is predicted to lead to some very exotic devices, such as invisibility cloaks and perfect lenses. Here, Alexey Toropov and Tatiana Shubina, from the world renowned Ioffe Institute in St. Petersburg, take us on a journey with a semiconductor physicist's eyed view of how plasmonic effects can lead to some weird and wonderful phenomena in nanostructures. As science becomes increasingly interdisciplinary, books such as these, which encompass topics from the quantum theory of semiconductors to the electrodynamics of conducting structures to materials science, all in a brisk but didactic way, are tremendously worthwhile. The book is organised into three parts. Firstly, we are met with a helpful warm up and refresher of the fundamentals underpinning the rest of the book this includes electronic bandstructure theory, surface plasmons and optics in semiconductors. The middle part focuses on a wealth of intriguing materials, including an up to date account of the graphene as a plasmonic material, as well as the more traditional quantum wells, quantum dots and III V and II V semiconductors. The final part deals with light matter in metal semiconductor structures, before concluding with a fascinating account of the very frontiers of plasmonic applications truly rich with big ideas. Can plasmonic antennas efficiently concentrate light fields in a sub wavelength volume? Will plasmonic solar cells aid the renewable energy revolution? Can plasmonic waveguides and quantum cascade lasers finally fill the underutilised terahertz region of the electromagnetic spectrum? Black and white figures are liberally scattered throughout the book, displaying sketches, cartoons and experimental and theoretical curves which will undoubtedly aid the readers understanding of the fascinating concepts being discussed. Importantly, the authors are also not afraid to produce the underlying equations in their full glory too. After all, whilst a picture is worth a thousand words, an equation is worth a thousand pictures. A pleasant stylistic touch is the use of snappy 'concluding remarks' which digest the preceding chapter into a mere handful of sentences. Furthermore, the book is supremely well referenced and is the perfect starting point to delve further into the intricacies of the subjects at hand. Significantly, references to journal papers include the title of the paper, which greatly assists the modern practice of finding papers by internet searches and is most welcome (titles are somewhat inexplicably missing from other recent physics books) In summary, the authors have delivered an essential book for both postgraduates working in the area of plasmonics in nanostructures, as well as more experienced researchers requiring a handy reference book on this zeitgeisty topic.
author_names: Nikolaos E Myridis
title: Laser measurement technology: fundamentals and applications, by Axel Donges and Reinhard Noll
year: 2016

abstract: Confinement of light into small volumes has become an essential requirement for photonic devices; examples of this trend are provided by optical fibers, integrated optical circuits, semiconductor lasers, and photonic crystals. Optical dielectric resonators supporting Whispering Gallery Modes (WGMs) represent another class of cavity devices with exceptional properties, like extremely small mode volume, very high power density, and very narrow spectral linewidth. WGMs are now known since more than 100 years, after the papers published by John William Strutt (Lord Rayleigh) but their importance as unique tools to study nonlinear optical phenomena or quantum electrodynamics, and for application to very low threshold microlasers as well as very sensitive microsensors, has been recognized only in recent years. This paper presents a review of the field of WGM resonators, which exist in several geometrical structures like cylindrical optical fibers, microspheres, microfiber coils, microdisks, microtoroids, photonic crystal cavities, etc. up to the most exotic structures, such as bottle and bubble microresonators. For the sake of simplicity, the fundaments of WGM propagation and most of the applications will be described only with reference to the most common structure, i.e. microspherical resonators.
author_names: Giancarlo Cesare Righini

Yannick Dumeige

Patrice Feron

Maurizio Ferrari

G N Conti

Davor Ristic

Silvia Soria
title: Whispering gallery mode microresonators: Fundamentals and applications
year: 2011

abstract: In the last fifteen years, quantum confined semiconductor structures (QCSS) have attracted much attention because of their novel properties and their potential for electronic and photonic applications. Electronic and optical properties of QCSS are dominated by the combined effects of quantum statistics and Coulomb interaction. Their response to electromagnetic excitations is determined by a polarization which possesses a time dependent amplitude and phase. Although the phase is a very sensitive probe of microscopic scattering and collision mechanisms, most of ultrafast spectroscopy of heterostructures has concentrated on measuring the amplitude only. Using a combination of time resolved, frequency resolved, and interferometric correlation techniques the author has recently investigated the phase and amplitude of coherent wave mixing (CWM) emission from quantum well structures excited by two ultrashort pulses.<ETX>
author_names: Daniel S Chemla
title: Dynamics of instantaneous frequency and amplitude of coherent wave mixing in quantum confined semiconductor structures
venue: Proceedings of 1994 Nonlinear Optics: Materials, Fundamentals and Applications
year: 1994

abstract: Preface. 1. Fabrication Procedures. Solid Source Molecular Beam Epitaxy J.F. Rochette. Using Gaseous Sources in Molecular Beam Epitaxy C.W. Tu. 2. Fundamentals on Quantum Structures for Electro Optical Devices. Optical Properties of Heterostructures under an Electric Field P. Tronc. The Role of Spontaneous Emission in Laser Diode Operation P. Blood. MBE Growth of (In, Ga)As Self Assembled Quantum Dots for Optoelectronic Applications V.M. Ustinov, et al. Exciton and Magnetoexciton Luminescence in Ge Ge1 x Six Multiple Quantum Well Structures N.G. Kalugin, et al. The Physics of Quantum Well Infrared Detectors E. Rosencher, et al. Semimagnetic Quantum Wells and Superlattices M. Averous. Surface, Leaky and Singular Magnetoplasmons along the Interface of Gyrotropic Semiconductor S.T. Ivanov, et al. Optical and Theoretical Assessment of GaAs Quantum Wells Having Superlattices as Barrier Layers V. Donichev, et al. Anisotropy of Optical Characteristics of Low Dimensional and Bulk Many Valley Semiconductors A. Svizhenko, et al. Hot Hole Effects in Strained Multi Quantum Well Heterostructures Ge/GeSi V.Ya. Aleshkin, et al. Enhancement of Average Velocity of Hot Carriers in Saw Toothed Heterostructure A.B. Kozyrev, V.A. Kozlov. Path Integral Calculation of the Electron Density of States in MIS Structures G. Slavcheva, Y. Yanchev. 3. Nonlinear Optical Devices. Physics and Applications of Exciton Saturation in MQW Structures A. Miller, et al. Interferometer with Nonlinear Frequency Doubling Mirrors as Lossless All Optical Switching Device S. Saltiel, et al. Waveguide Based Devices: Linear and Nonlinear Coupling A.D. Boardman, K. Xie. Waveguide Mach Zehnder Intensity Modulator Produced via Proton Exchange Technology in LiNbO3 S. Tonchev, et al. Evanescent Field Coupling Between a Single Mode Optical Fiber and a Planar Waveguide A. Andreev, et al. 4. Pseudomorphic HETM. Pseudomorphic HETMS: Device Physics and Materials Layer Design T. Grave. Basics of Pseudomorphic HETSM Technology and Numerical Simulation A. Asenov, et al. Index.
author_names: Minko Balkanski
title: Devices based on low dimensional semiconductor structures
year: 1996

abstract: 1. Basic Concepts. 2. Free Carrier Theory. 3. Coulomb Effects. 4. Correlation Effects. 5. Bulk Band Structures. 6. Quantum Wells. 7. Applications. References.
author_names: Weng W Chow

Stephan W Koch
title: Semiconductor Laser Fundamentals: Physics of the Gain Materials
year: 1999