Overview

This book reviews up-to-date ideas of how the luminescence radiation in semiconductors originates and how to analyze it experimentally. The book fills a gap between general textbooks on optical properties of solids and specialized monographs on luminescence. It is unique in its coherent treatment of the phenomenon of luminescence from the very introductory definitions, from light emission in bulk crystalline and amorphous materials to the advanced chapters that deal with semiconductor nano objects, including spectroscopy of individual nanocrystals. The theory of radiative recombination channels in semiconductors is considered on a level of intuitive physical understanding rather than rigorous quantum mechanical treatment. The book is based on teaching and written in the style of a graduate text with plenty of tutorial material, illustrations, and problem sets at chapter ends. It is designed predominantly for students in physics, optics, optoelectronics and materials science.

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Author:   Ivan Pelant (Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague) ,  Jan Valenta (Department of Chemical Physics, Charles University, Prague)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 19.50cm , Height: 3.40cm , Length: 25.30cm
Weight:   1.378kg
ISBN:  

9780199588336

ISBN 10:   0199588333
Pages:   558
Publication Date:   02 February 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1: Introduction 2: Experimental techniques of luminescence spectroscopy 3: Kinetic description of luminescence processes 4: Phonons and their participation in optical phenomena 5: Channels of radiative recombination in semiconductors 6: Nonradiative recombination 7: Luminescence of excitons 8: Highly excited semiconductors 9: Luminescence of disordered semiconductors 10: Stimulated emission 11: Electroluminescence 12: Electronic structure and luminescence of low-dimensional semiconductors 13: Effects of high excitation in low-dimensional structures 14: Stimulated emission and lasing in low-dimensional structures 15: Silicon nanophotonics 16: Photonic structures 17: Spectroscopy of single semiconductor nanocrystals

Reviews

Students and practitioners of condensed-matter spectroscopy will find a wealth of useful information and insight on the pages of this excellent text. Dmitry Budker, University of California, Berkeley, USA

The book is very well produced, and is particularlynotable for its excellent diagrams. A good collection of problems is provided at the end of each chapter, together with abundant references to the research literature for those who wish to follow-up specific topics in more detail. Overall, I find this to be a very welcome addition to my bookshelf, and expect that it will have a wide readership among graduate students and researchers in semiconductor physics. Mark Fox, University of Sheffield, Contemporary Science

The book is very well produced, and is particularlynotable for its excellent diagrams. A good collection of problems is provided at the end of each chapter, together with abundant references to the research literature for those who wish to follow-up specific topics in more detail. Overall, I find this to be a very welcome addition to my bookshelf, and expect that it will have a wide readership among graduate students and researchers in semiconductor physics. * Mark Fox, University of Sheffield, Contemporary Science * This book has certainly appeared at the right time. These collected chapters provide a comprehensive overview of both the fundamental physics principles and the experimental techniques, making this book a valuable resource for everyone studying luminescence spectroscopy of semiconductors. * Huangxian Ju, Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry *

Author Information

Ivan Pelant was Head of the Department of Chemical Physics at Charles University in Prague from 1990-1993. He has been Researcher at the Institute of Physics at the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v.v.i., Prague from 1994 until present and was appointed as Professor of Quantum Optics and Optoelectronics, Charles University in Prague in 2002. Jan Valenta has been Associate Professor at the Department of Chemical Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University in Prague since 2004.

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