Overview

Traces the quest to use nanostructured media for novel and improved optoelectronic devices. Leading experts - among them Nobel laureate Zhores Alferov - write here about the fundamental concepts behind nano-optoelectronics, the material basis, physical phenomena, device physics and systems.

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Author:   Marius Grundmann
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.706kg
ISBN:  

9783642628078

ISBN 10:   3642628079
Pages:   442
Publication Date:   28 October 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

I Concepts.- 1 The History of Heterostructure Lasers.- 2 Stress-Engineered Quantum Dots: Nature’s Way.- II Physics.- 3 Characterization of Structure and Composition of Quantum Dots by Transmission Electron Microscopy.- 4 Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Characterization of InAs Nanostructures Formed on GaAs(001).- 5 Cross-sectional Scanning Tunneling Microscopy at InAs Quantum Dots.- 6 X-ray Characterization of Group III-Nitrides (Al,In,Ga)N.- 7 Theory of the Electronic and Optical Properties of InGaAs/GaAs Quantum Dots.- 8 Magneto-Tunneling Spectroscopy of Self-Assembled InAs Dots.- 9 Modulation Spectroscopy and Surface Photovoltage Spectroscopy of Semiconductor Quantum Wires and Quantum Dots.- 10 Optical Properties of Self-Organized Quantum Dots.- 11 High Occupancy Effects and Condensation Phenomena in Semiconductor Microcavities and Bulk Semiconductors.- III Devices.- 12 Theory of Quantum Dot Lasers.- 13 Long-Wavelength InGaAs/GaAs Quantum Dot Lasers.- 14 InP/GalnP Quantum Dot Lasers.- 15 High Power Quantum Dot Lasers.- 16 Inter-Sublevel Transitions in Quantum Dots and Device Applications.- 17 Progress in Growth and Physics of Nitride-Based Quantum Dots.- 18 Ultrafast Optical Properties of Quantum Dot Amplifiers.

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From the reviews: This is an excellent book covering various aspects of semiconductor quantum dots ranging from theory, growth, structural, electronic and optical properties to devices such as quantum dot lasers, photodetectors and optical amplifiers. ... will be a valuable resource for researchers and students working in the field. (Chennupati Jagadish, The Physicist, Vol. 40 (1), 2003)

From the reviews: This is an excellent book covering various aspects of semiconductor quantum dots ranging from theory, growth, structural, electronic and optical properties to devices such as quantum dot lasers, photodetectors and optical amplifiers. ... will be a valuable resource for researchers and students working in the field. (Chennupati Jagadish, The Physicist, Vol. 40 (1), 2003)

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