Theory of Transport Properties of Semiconductor Nanostructures
Recent advances in the fabrication of semiconductors have created almost un limited possibilities to design structures on a nanometre scale with extraordinary electronic and optoelectronic properties. The theoretical understanding of elec trical transport in such nanostructures is of utmost import...
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| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Springer US
1998, 1998
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1998 |
| Series: | Electronic Materials Series
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Table of Contents:
- 5 Quantum transport theory
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 Coulomb Drag
- 5.3 Kubo Formula for Transconductivity
- 5.4 Impurity Scattering
- 5.5 Coulomb Drag in a Magnetic Field
- 5.6 Summary of Coulomb Drag
- 5.7 Nonequilibrium Green’s Function Techniques
- 5.8 Model Hamiltonian
- 5.9 Calculation of the Tunnelling Current
- 5.10 Noninteracting Resonant-Level Model
- 5.11 Resonant Tunnelling with Electron-Phonon Interactions
- 6 Density matrix theory of coherent ultrafast dynamics
- 6.1 Introduction
- 6.2 Density Matrix Formalism
- 6.3 Interaction with an External Field
- 6.4 Carrier-Phonon Interaction
- 6.5 Carrier-Carrier Interaction
- 6.6 Multiple Interactions
- 6.7 Results
- 6.8 Conclusions
- 7 Dynamic and nonlinear transport in mesoscopic structures
- 7.1 Introduction
- 7.2 Theory
- 7.3 Examples
- 7.4 Conclusion
- 8 Transport in systemswith chaotic dynamics: Lateral superlattices
- 8.1 Introduction
- 8.2 Experiments
- 8.3 Classical Chaos and Transport
- 8.4 Quantum-Mechanical Band Structure
- 8.5 Quantum Signatures of Chaos
- 8.6 Quantum Transport
- 8.7 Summary and Outlook
- 9 Bloch oscillations and Wannier-Stark localization in semiconductor superlattices
- 9.1 Introduction
- 9.2 Historical Background
- 9.3 Theoretical Analysis
- 9.4 Two Equivalent Pictures
- 9.5 Some Simulated Experiments
- 10 Vertical transport and domain formation in multiple quantum wells
- 10.0 Introduction
- 10.1 The Different Transport Regimes
- 10.2 Transport between Weakly Coupled Quantum Wells
- 10.3 Formation of Field Domains
- 10.4 Imperfect Superlattices
- 10.5 Oscillatory Behaviour
- 10.6 Details of the Calculations
- 10.7 Conclusions
- 11 Scattering processes in low-dimensional structures
- 11.1 Introduction
- 11.2 The Scattering Rate
- 11.3 Optical Phonons in a Quantum Well
- 11.4 Acoustic Phonons
- 11.5 Charged Impurities
- 11.6 Interface Roughness Scattering
- 11.7 Alloy Scattering
- 11.8 Other Scattering
- 1 Introduction
- 1.1 Introduction
- 1.2 What are Nanostructures?
- 1.3 Physical Length Scales in Transport
- 1.4 Hierarchy of Modelling Approaches
- 1.5 Scope of This Book
- 2 Hydrodynamic simulation of semiconductor devices
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 Statistical Averages and Moments of the Bte
- 2.3 The Hydrodynamic Model
- 2.4 Model Coefficients
- 2.5 Examples of Application to Hot-Carrier Effects
- 3 Monte Carlo simulation of semiconductor transport
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 Semiclassical Transport in Semiconductors
- 3.3 The Monte Carlo Method for Bulk Transport
- 3.4 Results
- 3.5 From Semiclassical to Quantum Transport
- 3.6 Conclusions
- 4 Cellular automaton approach for semiconductor transport
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.2 Examples of Cellular Automata in Fluid Dynamics
- 4.3 Full Boltzmann Transport Equation as Cellular Automaton
- 4.4 Validation and Comparison with Monte Carlo Results
- 4.5 Comparison with Experiment
- 4.6 Summary