Theory of Transport Properties of Semiconductor Nanostructures [electronic resource] /

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 importance for future device applications. This represents a challenging issue of today's basic research since it requires advanced theoretical techniques to cope with the quantum limit of charge transport, ultrafast carrier dynamics and strongly nonlinear high-field ef­ fects. This book, which appears in the electronic materials series, presents an over­ view of the theoretical background and recent developments in the theory of electrical transport in semiconductor nanostructures. It contains 11 chapters which are written by experts in their fields. Starting with a tutorial introduction to the subject in Chapter 1, it proceeds to present different approaches to transport theory. The semiclassical Boltzmann transport equation is in the centre of the next three chapters. Hydrodynamic moment equations (Chapter 2), Monte Carlo techniques (Chapter 3) and the cellular au­ tomaton approach (Chapter 4) are introduced and illustrated with applications to nanometre structures and device simulation. A full quantum-transport theory covering the Kubo formalism and nonequilibrium Green's functions (Chapter 5) as well as the density matrix theory (Chapter 6) is then presented.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Schöll, Eckehard. editor., SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	Texto biblioteca
Language:	eng
Published:	Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 1998
Subjects:	Materials science., Optical materials., Electronic materials., Materials Science., Optical and Electronic Materials.,
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5807-1
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