Semiconductor opto-electronics

Semiconductor Opto-Electronics focuses on opto-electronics, covering the basic physical phenomena and device behavior that arise from the interaction between electromagnetic radiation and electrons in a solid. The first nine chapters of this book are devoted to theoretical topics, discussing the interaction of electromagnetic waves with solids, dispersion theory and absorption processes, magneto-optical effects, and non-linear phenomena. Theories of photo-effects and photo-detectors are treated in detail, including the theories of radiation generation and the behavior of semiconductor lasers a.

Front Cover; Semiconductor Opto-Electronics; Copyright Page; PREFACE; UNITS; Table of Contents; Chapter 1. OPTICAL CONSTANTS OF SOLIDS; 1.1 ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; 1.2 BEHAVIOUR AT AN INTERFACE; 1.3 REFLECTION AT AN AIR/CONDUCTOR SURFACE; 1.4 REFRACTION AT AN AIR/CONDUCTOR SURFACE; 1.5 MULTIPLE REFLECTIONS IN THIN FILMS; 1.6 INTERFERENCE EFFECTS IN SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; Chapter 2. DISPERSION THEORY; 2.1 CLASSICAL THEORY OF DISPERSION IN DIELECTRICS; 2.2 BEHAVIOUR OF A SINGLE CLASSICAL OSCILLATOR; 2.3 QUANTUM-MECHANICAL THEORY OF DISPERSION; 2.4 INTER-RELATION OF OPTICAL CONSTANTS.

2.5 FREE-CARRIER ABSORPTION AND DISPERSION2.6 PLASMA-EDGE REFLECTION; Chapter 3. ABSORPTION PROCESSES IN SEMICONDUCTORS; 3.1 ABSORPTION AND REFLECTION SPECTRA; 3.2 DIRECT OPTICAL TRANSITIONS; 3.3 INDIRECT TRANSITIONS; 3.4 ABSORPTION DUE TO EXCITONS; 3.5 PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE OF THE ABSORPTION EDGE; 3.6 ABSORPTION AND REFLECTION IN AN ELECTRIC FIELD; 3.7 ABSORPTION IN HEAVILY DOPED SEMICONDUCTORS; 3.8 ABSORPTION BY LOCALISED IMPURITIES; Chapter 4. MAGNETO-OPTICAL EFFECTS; 4.1 ELECTRONS IN A MAGNETIC FIELD; 4.2 FREE-CARRIER MAGNETO-OPTICS.

4.3 QUANTUM-MECHANICAL DESCRIPTION OF ENERGY STATES …