This is the first book solely devoted to the Einstein relation in compound semiconductors and their nanostructures. The materials considered are nonlinear optical, III-V, ternary, quaternary, II-VI, IV-VI, Bismuth, stressed compounds, quantum wells, quantum wires, nipi structures, carbon nanotubes, heavily doped semiconductors, inversion layers, superlattices of nonparabolic materials with graded interfaces under magnetic quantization, quantum wire superlattices with different band structures and other field assisted systems. The influence of light on the Einstein relation in semiconductors and their nanostructures has also been investigated in detail by formulating the respective dispersion relations which control the transport in such quantum effect devices. The book deals with many open research problems.
Author(s): Kamakhya Prasad Ghatak Dr., Sitangshu Bhattacharya Dr., Debashis De Dr. (auth.)
Series: Springer Series in Materials Science 116
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 2009
Language: English
Pages: 458
City: Berlin
Tags: Condensed Matter; Nanotechnology; Physics and Applied Physics in Engineering; Quantum Optics, Quantum Electronics, Nonlinear Optics
Front Matter....Pages i-xx
Basics of the Einstein Relation....Pages 1-11
The Einstein Relation in Bulk Specimens of Compound Semiconductors....Pages 13-50
The Einstein Relation in Compound Semiconductors Under Magnetic Quantization....Pages 51-105
The Einstein Relation in Compound Semiconductors Under Crossed Fields Configuration....Pages 107-156
The Einstein Relation in Compound Semiconductors Under Size Quantization....Pages 157-196
The Einstein Relation in Quantum Wires of Compound Semiconductors....Pages 197-233
The Einstein Relation in Inversion Layers of Compound Semiconductors....Pages 235-278
The Einstein Relation in Nipi Structures of Compound Semiconductors....Pages 279-299
The Einstein Relation in Superlattices of Compound Semiconductors in the Presence of External Fields....Pages 301-339
The Einstein Relation in Compound Semiconductors in the Presence of Light Waves....Pages 341-412
The Einstein Relation in Compound Semiconductors Under Magnetic Quantization....Pages 413-448
Conclusion and Future Research....Pages 449-451
Back Matter....Pages 454-457
