文档介绍:Semiconductor
Optoelectronic Devices
Introduction to Physics
and Simulation
Semiconductor
Optoelectronic Devices
Introduction to Physics
and Simulation
JOACHIM PIPREK
University of California
at Santa Barbara
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Contents
Preface xi
List of Tables xiii
I Fundamentals 1
1 Introduction to Semiconductors 3
Electrons, Holes, Photons, and Phonons .............. 3
Fermi distribution and density of states ............... 5
Doping ............................... 7
2 Electron energy bands 13
Fundamentals ............................ 13
Electron Waves ....................... 13
Effective Mass of Electrons and Holes ........... 16
Energy Band Gap ...................... 20
Electronic Band Structure: The k · p Method ............ 23
Two-Band Model (Zinc Blende) .............. 24
Strain Effects (Zinc Bl