Quantum Wells, Wires and Dots: Theoretical and Computational Physics
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This book is aimed at providing all of the essential information, both theoretical and computational, in order that the reader can, starting from essentially nothing, understand how the electronic, optical and transport properties of semiconductor heterostructures are calculated. However, perhaps more importantly, starting from this low common denominator, this text is designed to lead the reader through a series of simple example theoretical and computational implementations, and slowly build from solid foundations, to a level where the reader can begin to initiate theoretical investigations or explanations of their own. The author believes that there are two aspects to theoretical work, with the first being to analyse and interpret experimental data, while the second is to advance new ideas. His hope is that this book will certainly facilitate the former and will at least provide the knowledge and skills base from which quantified predictions can be developed from the beginnings of an idea. Written in the style of a mathematics course text, it is hoped that this book will appeal to readers from within as well as outside the low dimensional semiconductor community. Some of the examples developed are relevant to the semiconductor community at large, while the microscopic calculations presented could be of interest to other areas of condensed matter, such as carbon nanostructures, high-temperature superconductors, etc. New material in this second edition includes:sections on effects of magnetic fields on quantum wellsexcited impurity levelsscreening of the optical phonon interactionacoustic and optical deformation potential scatteringspin-orbit coupling in the pseudopotential calculation andNew chapters on strained quantum wells and k.p theory. Aimed at postgraduate students of semiconductor and condensed matter physics, the book will be invaluable to all those researching in academic and industrial laboratories worldwide.
1Semiconductors and heterostructures12Solutions to Schrodinger's equation173Numerical solutions734Diffusion1195Impurities1376Excitons1897Strained quantum wells2198Quantum wires and dots2439Carrier scattering27110Multiband envelope function (k.p) method34511Empirical pseudopotential theory37112Microscopic electronic properties of heterostructures41113Application to quantum wires and dots443App. AMaterials parameters459
