Superlattices and Other Heterostructures

Superlattices and Other Heterostructures deals with optical properties of superlattices and quantum-well structures with emphasis on phenomena governed by crystal symmetries. After a brief introduction to group theory and symmetries, methods to calculate spectra of electrons, excitions and phonons in heterostructures are discussed. Further chapters cover absorption and reflection of light under interband transitions, cyclotron and electron spin-resoncance, light scattering by free and bound carriers and by optical and acoustic phonons, polarized photoluminescence, optical spin orientation of electrons and excitions, and nonlinear optical and photogalvanic effects.
TOC: Contents: Quantum Wells and Superlattices.- Crystal Symmetry.- Electron Spectrum in Crystals, Quantum Wells and Superlattices.- Vibrational Spectra of Crystals and Superlattices Electron-Phonon Interaction.- Localized Electron States and Excitons in Heterostructures.- Interband Optical Transitions.- Intraband Transitions.- Light Scattering.- Polarized Luminescence in Quantum Wells and Superlattices.- Nonlinear Optics.