This monograph solely presents the Fowler-Nordheim field emission (FNFE) from semiconductors and their nanostructures. The materials considered are quantum confined non-linear optical, III-V, II-VI, Ge, Te, carbon nanotubes, PtSb2, stressed materials, Bismuth, GaP, Gallium Antimonide, II-V, Bi2Te3, III-V, II-VI, IV-VI and HgTe/CdTe superlattices with graded interfaces and effective mass superlattices under magnetic quantization and quantum wires of the aforementioned superlattices. The FNFE in opto-electronic materials and their quantum confined counterparts is studied in the presence of light waves and intense electric fields on the basis of newly formulated electron dispersion laws that control the studies of such quantum effect devices. The importance of band gap measurements in opto-electronic materials in the presence of external fields is discussed from this perspective. This monograph contains 200 open research problems which form the very core and are useful for Ph. D students and researchers. The book can also serve as a basis for a graduate course on field emission from solids.
Author(s): Sitangshu Bhattacharya, Kamakhya Prasad Ghatak (auth.)
Series: Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences 170
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 2012
Language: English
Pages: 338
Tags: Semiconductors;Optical and Electronic Materials;Nanotechnology;Nanoscale Science and Technology;Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering
Front Matter....Pages i-xxii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Field Emission from Quantum Wires of Nonparabolic Semiconductors....Pages 3-70
Field Emission from Quantum Wire Superlattices of Non-parabolic Semiconductors....Pages 71-107
Field Emission from Quantum Confined Semiconductors Under Magnetic Quantization....Pages 109-155
Field Emission from Superlattices of Nonparabolic Semiconductors Under Magnetic Quantization....Pages 157-184
Front Matter....Pages 185-185
Field Emission from Quantum-Confined III–V Semiconductors in the Presence of LightWaves....Pages 187-230
Front Matter....Pages 231-231
Field Emission from Quantum-Confined Optoelectronic Semiconductors....Pages 233-280
Applications and Brief Review of Experimental Results....Pages 281-327
Conclusion and Future Research....Pages 329-333
Back Matter....Pages 335-338