Physics of Electronic Materials
Physics of Electronic Materials
£47.99
GBPAdopting a uniquely pedagogical approach, this comprehensive textbook on the quantum mechanics of semiconductor materials and devices focuses on the materials, components and devices themselves whilst incorporating a substantial amount of fundamental physics related to condensed matter theory and quantum mechanics. Written primarily for advanced undergraduate students in physics and engineering, this book can also be used as a supporting text for introductory quantum mechanics courses, and will be of interest to anyone interested in how electronic devices function at a fundamental level. Complete with numerous exercises, and with all the necessary mathematics and physics included in appendices, this book guides the reader seamlessly through the principles of quantum mechanics and the quantum theory of metals and semiconductors, before describing in detail how devices are exploited within electric circuits and in the hardware of computers, for example as amplifiers, switches and transistors.
- Includes numerous exercises throughout, allowing the reader to observe theoretical concepts put to practical use and to learn about the important technological applications of quantum mechanics
- Assumes only basic mathematical skills, and includes the elementary physics needed for understanding the content of the chapters within the appendices
- Focuses on the materials, components and devices themselves whilst also incorporating a considerable amount of fundamental physics related to condensed matter theory and quantum mechanics
Reviews & endorsements
'Although the book is designed for senior undergraduate students in physics and engineering, anyone interested in operation of electronic devices will find it enjoyable because of its excellent self-contained description … This book seems to be driven by a perceived gap in the literature today … I would also like to mention that the production quality of this hardcover book is very high. I have no hesitation to say that this book is one of the most comprehensive textbooks on the principles and applications of semiconductor materials and devices.' Muhammad Zubair, Contemporary Physics
Product details
March 2017Hardback
9781107084940
450 pages
253 × 193 × 25 mm
1.15kg
276 b/w illus.
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Table of Contents
- 1. Quantum mechanics
- 2. Quantum tunneling
- 3. Standard metal model
- 4. Standard conductor model
- 5. Electric circuit theory
- 6. Quantum wells
- 7. Particle in a periodic potential
- 8. Bloch currents
- 9. Crystalline solids
- 10. Semiconductor doping
- 11. Transistors
- 12. Heterostructures
- 13. Mesoscopic physics
- 14. Arithmetic, logic and machines
- Appendix A. Principles of quantum mechanics
- Appendix B. Dirac's delta function
- Appendix C. Fourier analysis
- Appendix D. Classical mechanics
- Appendix E. Wave function properties
- Appendix F. Transfer matrix properties
- Appendix G. Momentum
- Appendix H. Confined particles
- Appendix I. Spin and quantum statistics
- Appendix J. Statistical mechanics
- Appendix K. The Fermi–Dirac distribution
- Appendix L. Thermal current fluctuations
- Appendix M. Gaussian wave packets
- Appendix N. Wave packet dynamics
- Appendix O. Screening by symmetry method
- Appendix P. Commutation and common eigenfunctions
- Appendix Q. Interband coupling
- Appendix R. Common crystal structures
- Appendix S. Effective mass approximation
- Appendix T. Integral doubling formula
- Bibliography
- Index.
