Electronic Structure and Optical Properties of Semiconductors [Paperback]

Theoretical Concepts and Methods.- The One-Electron Model and Band Structure.- Properties of En (k).- Pseudopotentials.- The Empirical Pseudopotential Method.- Self-Consistent and Ab Initio Pseudopotentials.- Response Functions and Density of States.- Charge Density and Bonding.- Low Energy Probes of Semiconductors.- Band Gap Measurements.- Excitonic Effects Near Band Edges.- Cyclotron Resonance.- Doping Effects in Semiconductors.- Optical and Electronic Spectra of Semiconductors.- Modulation Spectroscopy.- Wavelength Modulation.- Temperature Modulation.- Stress Modulation.- Electric Field Modulation.- Other Modulation Methods.- High Energy Reflectivity Measurements.- Photoemission Spectra of Semiconductors.- X-Ray Photoemission Spectroscopy (XPS) and Ultraviolet Photoemission Spectroscopy (UPS).- Constant Final State and Constant Initial State Spectroscopies.- Angle-Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy.- Photoelectron Yield Spectroscopy.- Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy for Semiconductors.- Plasmon Excitations in Solids.- Experimental Measurements and Results.- High Energy Probes of Semiconductors: X-Rays.- Crystal Structure Determinations.- Charge Density Determinations Using X-Rays.- Temperature Dependence of X-Ray Reflections.- Diamond and Zinc-Blende Structure Semiconductors.- Crystal Structure.- The Electronic Structure of Silicon.- The Electronic Structure of Germanium.- The Electronic Structure of Gray Tin.- Zinc-Blende Structure Semiconductors.- The Electronic Structure of Gallium Arsenide.- The Electronic Structure of Zinc Selenide.- The Electronic Structure of Other III-V and II-VI Semiconductors.- Wurtzite Structure Semiconductors.- The Electronic Structure of Hexagonal Zinc Sulfide.- The Electronic Structure of Hexagonal CdS and CdSe.- The Electronic Structure of Hexagonal ZnO.- Chalcopyrite Structure Semiconductors.- IV-VI Semiconductors.- Electronic Band Structure.- Applications of the Electronic Band Structure.- Triatomic, Layer, Chain, and Amorphoulă5