Davies, J. H.

The physics of low-dimensional semiconductors : an introduction / John H. Davies - Cambridge, U.K. ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1998. - xviii, 438 p. ill. ; 26 cm.

Preface; Introduction; 1. Foundations; 2. Electrons and phonons in crystals; 3. Heterostructures; 4. Quantum wells and low-dimensional systems; 5. Tunnelling transport; 6. Electric and magnetic fields; 7. Approximate methods; 8. Scattering rates: the Golden Rule; 9. The two-dimensional electron gas; 10. Optical properties of quantum wells; Appendix 1. Table of physical constants; Appendix 2. Properties of important semiconductors; Appendix 3. Properties of GaAs-AlAs alloys at room temperature; Appendix 4. Hermite's equation: harmonic oscillator; Appendix 5. Airy functions: triangular well; Appendix 6. Kramers-Kronig relations and response functions; Bibliography.

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Low-dimensional semiconductors.
Semiconductores.

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