Nonlinear Optics in Semiconductors I, Volume 58
Subtitle: Nonlinear Optics in Semiconductor Physics I (Semiconductors and Semimetals)
Contributors: Elsa Garmire (Editor); Alan Kost (Editor); Robert K. Willardson (Series Editor); Eicke R. Weber (Series Editor)
Publisher: Academic Press
Published: October 16, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 426
ISBN-13: 9780127521671
Subjects: Electricity, magnetism & electromagnetism; Optics (light); Semi-conductors & super-conductors; Optics; Nonlinear Optics; Semiconductors; Technology; Technology & Industrial Arts; Science/Mathematics; Electronics - Optoelectronics; Engineering - Electrical & Electronic; Semimetals; Technology / Engineering / Electrical; Technology / Optics; Technology-Electronics - Optoelectronics; Technology-Optics; Electronics - Semiconductors
First sentence: When a semiconductor is exposed to light with photon energy above the absorption edge, it creates electron-hole pairs.