This text attempts to fill the gap between a general solid-state physics book and research articles by providing detailed explanations of the electronic, vibrational, transport, and optical properties of semiconductors. The approach is physical and intuitive, rather than formal and pedantic. The book has been written with both students and researchers in mind. Its emphasis is on understanding the physical properties of Si and similar tetrahedrally co-ordinated semiconductors and the explanations are based on physical insights. Each chapter contains a collection of tables of material parameters, figures and problems. Many of these problems "lead the student by the hand" to arrive at the results.
- ISBN10 3540264752
- ISBN13 9783540264750
- Publish Date 1 January 2005 (first published December 1995)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Springer Publishing Company
- Edition 3rd REV. and Enlarged 2005. Corr. ed.
- Format eBook
- Language English