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Electrons and Phonons in Semiconductor Multilayers

Cambridge University Press, 1997
ISBN: 0521474922
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<> This book provides a detailed description of the quantum confinement
<> of electrons and phonons in semiconductor wells, superlattices and quantum
<> wires, and shows how this affects their mutual interactions. The transition
<> from microscopic to continuum models is discussed, emphasising the use of
<> quasi-continuum theory to describe the confinement of optical phonons and
<> electrons. The hybridisation of optical phonons and their interactions with
<> electrons are treated in detail, as are other electron scattering mechanisms.
<> The book concludes with an account of the electron distribution function in
<> three-, two- and one-dimensional systems, in the presence of electrical or
<> optical excitation. The book will be of great use to graduate students and
<> researchers investigating low-dimensional semiconductor structures, as 
<> well as to those developing new devices based on such systems.  
<> 
<> Chapter Contents 
<> 
<> Introduction; 
<> 1. Simple models of the electron-phonon interaction; 
<> 2. Quantum confinement of carriers; 
<> 3. Quasicontinuum theory of lattice vibrations; 
<> 4. Bulk vibratory modes in an isotropic continuum; 
<> 5. Optical modes in a quantum well; 
<> 6. Superlattice modes; 
<> 7. Optical modes in various structures; 
<> 8. Electron-phonon interaction in a quantum well; 
<> 9. Other scattering mechanisms; 
<> 10. Quantum screening; 
<> 11. The electron distribution function.

XINDEX: DC-model, index-file, log-file.

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