<p>This book focuses on nanostructured semiconductors, their fabrication, and their application in various fields such as optics, acoustics, and biomedicine. It presents a compendium of recent developments in nanostructured and hybrid materials and also contains a collection of principles and approa
Semiconductor Nanocrystals: From Basic Principles to Applications
โ Scribed by N. F. Borrelli (auth.), Alexander L. Efros, David J. Lockwood, Leonid Tsybeskov (eds.)
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 277
- Series
- Nanostructure Science and Technology
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Synopsis
A physics book that covers the optical properties of quantum-confined semiconductor nanostructures from both the theoretical and experimental points of view together with technological applications. Topics to be reviewed include quantum confinement effects in semiconductors, optical adsorption and emission properties of group IV, III-V, II-VI semiconductors, deep-etched and self assembled quantum dots, nanoclusters, and laser applications in optoelectronics.
โฆ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Photonic Applications of Semiconductor-Doped Glasses....Pages 1-51
Auger Processes in Nanosize Semiconductor Crystals....Pages 52-72
Carrier dynamics, optical nonlinearities, and optical gain in nanocrystal quantum dots....Pages 73-111
Novel Device Applications of Stranski-Krastanov Quantum Dots....Pages 112-151
Porous Silicon as an Open Dielectric Nanostructure: an Ensemble of Aspheric Silicon Nanocrystals....Pages 152-208
Nanocrystalline Silicon-Silicon Dioxide Superlattices: Structural and Optical Properties....Pages 209-238
Quantum Dot Photonic Crystals....Pages 239-260
Back Matter....Pages 261-263
โฆ Subjects
Optical and Electronic Materials;Characterization and Evaluation of Materials;Solid State Physics;Spectroscopy and Microscopy
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