Fundamentals of Semiconductors
Peter Y. Yu and Manuel Cardona
At the Springer Booth in the March
APS Meeting in Seattle, March 13, 2001.
A sample copy of the Third Edition
is visible on the shelf behind.
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First Edition (1996) Second Edition (1999) Third Edition (2001)
Japanese Translation (1999) Chinese
Translation
(2002) Russian Translation (2003)
The price of the new edition remains the same ! A Japanese translation has been published by Springer of Japan. For further information visit the Web site:
http://www.issp.u-tokyo.ac.jp/handoutai/
The Chinese and Russian translations have both appeared!
For reviews of the English edition click here .
Here is a list of errata .
The first list is for the first printing of hardcovers. The errors have
been corrected in the second printing. The second list is for the
errors which were discovered after the second printing. A new errata
for the new second edition has also appeared. This contains an
important error found in
Table 2.25 on p.85. The small number of errors contained in the third
edition has also been found and listed.
Click here
for the Preface to the Second Edition (this is a .pdf file and requires
Acrobat Reader 3.0 to open)
Table of Contents of the Third Edition
Inside Cover: Physical Parameters of Tetrahedral Semiconductors
1.1 A Survey of Semiconductors
1.2 Growth Techniques
Periodic Table of "Semiconducting-Forming" Elements
2. Electronic Band Structures
2.1 Quantum Mechanics
2.2 Translational Symmetry of Brillouin Zones
2.3 A Pedestrian's Guide to Group Theory
2.4 Empty Lattice of Nearly Free Electron Energy Bands
2.5 Band Structure Calculation by Pseudopotential Methods
2.6 The k·p Method Of Band-Structure Calculation
2.7 Tight Binding or LCAO Approach to the Band Structure Of Semiconductors
(19 Problems)
3. Vibrational Properties of Semiconductors and Electron-Phonon Interactions
3.1 Phonon Dispersion Curves of Semiconductors
3.2 Models for Calculating Phonon Dispersion Curves Of Semiconductors
3.3 Electron-Phonon Interactions
(18 Problems)
4. Electronic Properties of Defects
4.1 Classification of Defects
4.2 Shallow or Hydrogenic Impurites
4.3 Deep Centers
(5 Problems)
5. Electrical Transport
5.1 Quasi-Classical Approach
5.2 Carrier Mobility for a Nondegenerate Electron Gas
5.3 Modulation Doping
5.4 High-Field Transport and Hot Carrier Effects
5.5 Magneto-Transport and the Hall Effect
(7 Problems)
6. Optical Properties I
6.1 Macroscopic Electrodynamics
6.2 The Dielectric Function
6.3 Excitons
6.4 Phonon-Polaritons and Lattice Absorption
6.5 Absorptions Associated with Extrinsic Electrons
6.6 Modulation Spectroscopy
(22 Problems)
7. Optical Properties II
7.1 Emission Spectroscopies
7.2 Light Scattering Spectroscopies
(16 Problems)
8. Photoelectron Spectroscopy
8.1 Photoemission
8.2 Inverse Photoemission
8.3 Surface Effects
(13 Problems)
9. Effect of Quantum Confinement on Electrons and Phonons in Semiconductors
9.1 Quantum Confinement and Density of States
9.2 Quantum Confinement of Electrons and Holes
9.3 Phonons in Superlattices
9.4 Raman Spectra of Phonons in Semiconductor Superlattices
9.5 Electrical Transport: Resonant Tunneling
9.6 Quantum Hall Effects In Two-Dimensional Electron Gases
(16Problems)
Appendix: Pioneers Of Semiconductor Physics Remember...
A.1 Ultra-Pure Germanium: From Applied To Basic Research Or An Old Semiconductor Offering New Opportunities, by Eugene E. Haller
A.2 Two Pseudopotential Methods: Empirical And Ab Initio, by Marvin L. Cohen
A.3 The Early Stages Of Band Structure Physics And Its Struggles For A Place In The Sun, by Conyers Herring
A.4 Cyclotron Resonance And Structure Of Conduction And Valence Band Edges In Silicon And Germanium, by Charles Kittel
A.5 Optical Properties Of Amorphous Semiconductors, by Jan Tauc
A.6 Optical Spectroscopy Of Shallow Impurity Centers, by Elias Burstein
A.7 On The Prehistory Of Angular Resolved Photoemission, by Neville V. Smith
A.8 The Discovery And Very Basics Of The Quantum Hall Effect, by Klaus von Klitzing
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIALS
Chapter 2:
THE DOUBLY DEGENERATE WAVE FUNCTIONS AT THE X-POINT OF THE BRILLOUIN ZONE IN THE DIAMOND STRUCTURE
SOLUTIONS TO SELECTED PROBLEMS: Solutions to some more challenging problems will be put on the Web every now or then depending on how busy I am, so check this Web Page periodically!
Chapter 2: Problem 2-2 ; Problem 2-4 ; Problem 2-6 ; Problem 2-8 , Problem 2-10; Problem 2-12 ;
Additional Problem on the Double Group at the X-point of the Zincblende crystal.
Chapter 3: Problem 3-1 ; Problem 3-7 ; Problem 3-8 ; Problem 3-9 ; Problem 3-11 ; Problem 3-16
Supplementary Problem on the Structure Factor of Bond Charges in the Silicon crystal
Supplementary Problem on the Symmetry of Zone Center Phonons in the Wurtzite crystals
Chapter 7: Problem 7-8
Updated January 25, 2005
I am offering
to list the URL of current courses being offered on Semiconductor
Physics,
especially those using my book as text. Hopefully this can
encourage
exchange of information between different universities offering such
courses.
In the Spring 2005 semester I am offering a course at Berkeley with a
slightly different title from the past:
Physics of
Nano-structured Semiconductors.
(htp://pauline.berkeley.edu/Physics250/)
The major change from the content of my past courses on semiconductors
is the inclusion of additional materials on quantum wells, quantum
wires and quantum dots. Unfortunately this has resulted also in the
disappearance of some more specialized topics since the amount of time
for instruction remains constant.
Instructors: if this is of interest to you let me known your url address!