Survey of Semiconductor Physics

Karl W. Boer is Distinguished Professor of Physics and Solar Energy Emeritus in the Department of Material Science and Engineering, University of Delaware.

VOLUME 1: Electrons and Other Particles in Semiconductors. Chapter 1. The Semiconductor. PART 1: BONDING AND STRUCTURE. Chapter 2. Crystal Bonding. Chapter 3. The Structure and Growth of Semiconductors. Chapter 4. Crystal Surfaces and Surface Structure. Chapter 5. Surface Analysis. Chapter 6. Crystal Growth, Mechanisms. Chapter 7. Crystal Shaping. PART II: PHONONS. Chapter 8. Elastic Properties. Chapter 9. Lattice Vibration Spectra. Chapter 10. Phononic Effects at Surfaces. Chapter 11: Phonon Induced Thermal Properties. PART III: ENERGY BANDS. Chapter 12. Elements of Band Structure. Chapter 13. Quantum Mechanics of Electrons in Crystals. Chapter 14. Bands and Band Gaps in Solids. Chapter 15. Electronic Surface and Interface States. PART IV: PHOTONS. Chapter 16. Basics of Optical Spectroscopy. Chapter 17. Photon Penetration Through Surfaces. Chapter 18. Photon Phonon Interaction. Chapter 19. Photon Free Electron Interaction. Chapter 20. Band to Band Transitions. Chapter 21. The Dielectric Function. Chapter 22. Excitons and Associates. Chapter 23. Nonlinear Optical Effects. Chapter 24. Photon Scattering. PART V: DEFECTS. Chapter 25. Crystal Defects: Classification. Chapter 26. Semiconductor Interfaces and Contacts. Chapter 27. Creation, Motion, and Annealing of Point Defects. Chapter 28. Optical Absorption at Lattice Defects. Chapter 29. Shallow Level Centers. Chapter 30. Deep Level Centers. Chapter 31. Optical Properties of Defect Associates. Chapter 32. Optical Absorption of Disordered Lattices. Chapter 33. Photonic Crystals, Photonic Band Gaps, Localization of Photons. Chapter 34. Defects in Amorphous Semiconductors. Chapter 35. Defects in Superlattices. Chapter 36. Equilibrium Statistics of Semiconductors. PART VI: GENERATION RECOMBINATION. Chapter 37. Carrier Generation. Chapter 38. Carrier Recombination. Chapter 39. Luminescence. Chapter 40. Photochemical Reactions. PART VII: KINETICS. Chapter 41. Kinetics of Electron Distribution in Defects. Chapter 42. Phonon, Exciton, Polariton Kinetics. Chapter 43. Orbital and Spin Relaxation. PART VIII: Appendix, Bibliography, Index. Appendix. Bibliography. Index. VOLUME 2: Electron Transport in Semiconductors. List of Tables. Permissions. Chapter 1. Introduction. PART I: CARRIER TRANSPORT IN HOMOGENEOUS SEMICONDUCTORS. Chapter 2. Basic Carrier Transport Equations. Chapter 3. External and Built In Fields. Chapter 4. The Boltzmann Equation. Chapter 5. Carriers in Magnetic Fields and Temperature Gradients. Chapter 6. Magnetic Semiconductors and Diluted Magnetic Semiconductors. Chapter 7. Giant Magnetoresistance and Related Phenomena. Chapter 8. Carrier Scattering at Low Fields. Chapter 9. Carrier Scattering at High Fields. Chapter 10. Phase Transitions in Electron Hole Systems. Chapter 11. Superconductivity. Chapter 12. Quasicarrier Mobilities. Chapter 13. Noise. Chapter 14. Carrier Transport in Superlattices. Chapter 15. Defect Induced Carrier Transport. Chapter 16. Carrier Transport in Organic Semiconductors. Chapter 17. Photoconductivity. Chapter 18. Carrier Transit and Relaxation. PART II: CARRIER TRANSPORT THROUGH SURFACES. Chapter 19. Surface Influence on Bulk Properties. Chapter 20. Electron Penetration Through Surfaces. PART III: SPACE CHARGE EFFECTS IN SEMICONDUCTORS. Chapter 21. Space Charges and Their Creation in Semiconductors. Chapter 22. The Schottky Barrier. Chapter 23. Minority Carriers and Currents in Barriers. Chapter 24. Schottky Barrier in Two Carrier Model. Chapter 25. pn Homojunctions. Chapter 26. Carrier Velocity Limitation. Chapter 27. Semiconductor Heterojunctions. Chapter 28. The Photovoltaic Effect. Chapter 29. The Schottky Barrier Photodiode. Chapter 30. The pn Junction with Light. Chapter 31. The Heterojunction with Light. Chapter 32. The pin Junction with Light. Chapter 33. High Field Domains. Chapter 34. Current Filaments. PART IV: MATERIALS. Chapter 35. Purification of Semiconductor Materials. Chapter 36. Doping and Junction Formation. Chapter 37. Electrodes. PART V: SOME APPLICATIONS. Chapter 38. Solar Cells. Chapter 39. Light Emitting Devices. PART VI: APPENDIX, BIBLIOGRAPHY, INDEX. Appendix. Bibliography. Index.