Semiconductors and Semimetals

✍ Scribed by R.K. Willardson and Albert C. Beer (Eds.)

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Year: 1966
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 513
• Series: Semiconductors and Semimetals 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Since its inception in 1966, the series of numbered volumes known as Semiconductors and Semimetals has distinguished itself through the careful selection of well-known authors, editors, and contributors. The "Willardson and Beer" Series, as it is widely known, has succeeded in publishing numerous landmark volumes and chapters. Not only did many of these volumes make an impact at the time of their publication, but they continue to be well-cited years after their original release. Recently, Professor Eicke R. Weber of the University of California at Berkeley joined as a co-editor of the series. Professor Weber, a well-known expert in the field of semiconductor materials, will further contribute to continuing the series' tradition of publishing timely, highly relevant, and long-impacting volumes. Some of the recent volumes, such as Hydrogen in Semiconductors, Imperfections in III/V Materials, Epitaxial Microstructures, High-Speed Heterostructure Devices, Oxygen in Silicon, and others promise indeed that this tradition will be maintained and even expanded.Reflecting the truly interdisciplinary nature of the field that the series covers, the volumes in Semiconductors and Semimetals have been and will continue to be of great interest to physicists, chemists, materials scientists, and device engineers in modern industry. Volumes 54 and 55 present contributions by leading researchers in the field of high pressure semiconductors. Edited by T. Suski and W. Paul, these volumes continue the tradition of well-known but outdated publications such as Brigman's The Physics of High Pressure (1931 and 1949) and High Pressure Physics and Chemistry edited by Bradley. Volumes 54 and 55 reflect the industrially important recent developments in research and applications of semiconductor properties and behavior under desirable risk-free conditions at high pressures. These developments include the advent of the diamond anvil cell technique and the availability of commercial piston–cylinder apparatus operating at high hydrostatic pressures. These much-needed books will be useful to both researchers and practitioners in applied physics, materials science, and engineering.

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Edited by
Page iii

Copyright page
Page iv

List of Contributors
Page v

Preface
Pages vii-viii
R.K. Willardson, Albert C. Beer

Semiconductors and Semimetals
Page xii

Chapter 1 Some Key Features of III–V Compounds Original Research Article
Pages 3-18
C. Hilsum

Chapter 2 Methods of Band Calculations Applicable to III–V Compounds Original Research Article
Pages 21-74
Franco Bassani

Chapter 3 The k •p Method Original Research Article
Pages 75-100
E.O. Kane

Chapter 4 Effect of Heavy Doping on the Semiconductor Band Structure Original Research Article
Pages 101-142
V.L. Bonch-Bruevich

Chapter 5 Energy Band Structures of Mixed Crystals of III–V Compounds Original Research Article
Pages 143-156
Donald Long

Chapter 6 Magnetic Quantum Effects Original Research Article
Pages 159-202
Laura M. Roth, Petros N. Argyres

Chapter 7 Thermomagnetic Effects in the Quantum Region Original Research Article
Pages 203-264
S.M. Puri, T.H. Geballe

Chapter 8 Band Characteristics near Principal Minima from Magnetoresistance Original Research Article
Pages 265-287
W.M. Becker

Chapter 9 Freeze-Out Effects, Hot Electron Effects, and Submillimeter Photoconductivity in InSb Original Research Article
Pages 289-313
E.H. Putley

Chapter 10 Magnetoresistance Original Research Article
Pages 315-376
H. Weiss

Chapter 11 Plasmas in Semiconductors and Semimetals Original Research Article
Pages 379-481
Betsy Ancker-Johnson

Author Index
Pages 483-491

Subject Index
Pages 492-500