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Book Synopsis
1. Quantum-Mechanical Preliminaries.- 1.1 Stationary States.- 1.2 Second-order Time-Independent Perturbation Theory.- 1.3 The Physical Interpretation of the Wavefunction.- 1.4 Periodic Boundary Conditions.- 1.5 The Density of States.- 1.6 Approximations for Time-Dependent Problems.- 1.7 Angular Momentum.- 1.8 Group Theory.- 1.9 Operator Algebra of the Harmonic Oscillator.- 1.10 Suggested Reading.- 2. Bulk Semiconductor Bandstructure.- 2.1 The One-Electron Approximation.- 2.2 Bloch's Theorem.- 2.3 The Tight Binding Method.- 2.4 The 4 × 4 Effective Bond Orbital Model.- 2.5 Spin-Orbit Interactions: the 8 × 8 EBOM.- 2.6 The k p Theory.- 2.7 Elasticity Theory.- 2.8 Deformation Potential Theory.- 2.9 Practical Simplifications.- 2.10 Suggested Reading.- 3. Electronic States in Quantum Wells.- 3.1 Normalization of the Bloch Functions.- 3.2 The Multiband Envelope Function Approximation.- 3.3 Heterestructures and Quantum Wells.- 3.4 Conduction Subbands in Quantum wells.- 3.5 Split-Off Subbands
Table of Contents
Preface. 1. Quantum-Mechanical Preliminaries. 2. Bulk Semiconductor Bandstructure. 3. Electronic States in Quantum Wells. 4. Waveguiding in Semiconductor Lasers. 5. Interaction of Matter and Radiation. 6. Gain and Emission in Strained Quantum Well Lasers. Appendices: A. Lowdin Perturbation Theory. B. Enumeration of the k·p Matrix Elements by Representation. C. Material Parameters of Several III-V Compounds. Index.
