Modern Physics for Semiconductor Science

Illustrating the concepts of modern physics and quantum mechanics needed for R&D into semiconductors, this textbook first provides the necessary background before going on to cover condensed matter and semiconductors, and how to develop them. Throughout, it emphasizes the development of ideas and concepts and how they are interrelated, deepening an understanding of the concepts by way of repetition. Written with clarity and style in mind, the text covers such new technology as junctions, luminescence, and 3D quantum dots, and each chapter ends with 20-30 exercises.

Schooled at the renowned UCLA, Professor Coleman has collected ample research and teaching experience at various universities in both the US and Europe. He specialized on optical properties of semiconductor. NSF and NATO research grants and fellowships provide proof of his abilities.

Preface	p. ix
Relativity	p. 1
Introduction	p. 1
Newtonian Relativity	p. 2
The Lorentz-Fitzgerald Transformation	p. 10
Einstein Relativity	p. 20
Problems	p. 29
Classical Applied Statistics	p. 35
Introduction	p. 35
Distribution Functions	p. 36
Mean Free Path	p. 46
Gaussian Distribution	p. 52
Maxwell-Boltzmann Distribution	p. 57
Density-of-States Functions	p. 66
Failures of Maxwell-Boltzmann Statistics	p. 72
Problems	p. 78
Quantum Mechanics	p. 83
Introduction	p. 83
Blackbody Radiation	p. 84
Bose-Einstein Statistics	p. 88
Molar Specific Heat of Solids	p. 92
Photoelectric Effect	p. 96
Bohr Model of the Hydrogen Atom	p. 101
Lasers	p. 113
Problems	p. 124
Wave Mechanics	p. 129
Introduction	p. 129
de Broglie Waves	p. 130
Wave Properties	p. 134
One-dimensional Schrodinger Equation	p. 143
Constant-potential Problems	p. 152
Problems	p. 164
Condensed Matter	p. 167
Introduction	p. 167
Waves in Lattices	p. 167
Phonon Properties	p. 174
Pauli Exclusion and Fermi-Dirac Statistics	p. 181
Free-electron Theory	p. 188
Superconductivity	p. 203
Band Theory	p. 214
Problems	p. 222
Semiconductors	p. 225
Introduction	p. 225
Charge-carrier Properties	p. 226
Intrinsic Semiconductors	p. 238
Extrinsic Semiconductors	p. 249
Problems	p. 257
Semiconductor Junctions	p. 261
Introduction	p. 261
Metal-Metal Junctions	p. 262
Internal Junction Currents	p. 267
Metal-Semiconductor Contacts (Schottky Junction)	p. 275
MIS Junctions	p. 291
Semiconductor-Semiconductor or p-n Junctions	p. 294
Two Applications	p. 306
Problems	p. 312
Answers to Selected Problems	p. 313
Index	p. 317
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