Fundamentals of Solid State Engineering - Softcover

Razeghi, Manijeh

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3030093050 ISBN 13: 9783030093051

Publisher: Springer, 2019

Synopsis

The fourth edition of this class-tested, multi-disciplinary introduction to solid state engineering adds dozens of revised and updated sections and problems, as well as three new chapters on solar energy harvesting, thermal and photothermal energy harvesting, and photo-thermovoltaics. Combining concepts from physics, chemistry, electrical engineering, materials science, and mechanical engineering, Professor Razeghi describes electron-electron and electron-phonon interactions, the Kane effective mass method, the carbon atom, thermal properties of crystals, the harmonic oscillator, the hydrogen atom, the quantum mechanical description of angular momentum, and the origin of spin in a chapter devoted to quantum mechanics. This textbook features an improved transport theory description that goes beyond Drude theory, discussing the Boltzmann approach. Introducing students to the rigorous quantum mechanical way of thinking about and formulating transport processes, this fourth edition presents the basic physics concepts and thorough treatment of semiconductor characterization technology, designed for solid state engineers.

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About the Author

Dr. Manijeh Razeghi is Walter P. Murphy Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Director, Center for Quantum Devices at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL. She earned the Docteur d'État ès Sciences Physiques, Université de Paris, Paris, France; a Docteur 3ème Cycle Solid State Physics, Université de Paris, Paris, France; and a DEA Science des Matériaux, Université de Paris, Paris, France. Her research interests include quantum devices, compound semiconductor science and nanotechnology, the physics of new semiconductor crystals for novel applications and realizing advanced semiconductor devices such as lasers, photodetectors, transistors, waveguides and switches.

• Enriches the text’s multidisciplinary introduction to quantum mechanics, solid state physics, and advanced devices with coverage of two-dimensional semiconductors, thermal properties of crystals, and new chapters on systems for sustainable energy;
  
• Maximizes students’ real-world knowledge with the most up to date developments in semiconductor physics and nano-engineering;
  
• Reinforces grasp of concepts presented with end of chapter problems;
  
• Elucidates computational aspects of solid state engineering with lucid, yet rigorous, mathematical derivations;
  
• Illustrates application to critical areas such as biophotonics and bioelectronics.
  

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3030093050
• ISBN 13: 9783030093051
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 720