Ultrafast Phenomena in Semiconductors

1. Front Matter

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2. Coherent Dynamics of Photoexcited Semiconductor Superlattices with Applied Homogeneous Electric Fields

   • Torsten Meier, Peter Thomas, Stephan W. Koch

   Pages 1-92

3. Ultrafast Nonequilibrium Dynamics of Intersubband Excitations in Quasi-two-dimensional Semiconductors

   • Michael Woerner, Thomas Elsaesser

   Pages 93-159

4. Bloch Oscillations in Semiconductors: Principles and Applications

   • M. Sudzius, V. G. Lyssenko, F. Löser, G. Valusis, T. Hasche, K. Leo et al.

   Pages 161-190

5. Electron Velocity Overshoot, Electron Ballistic Transport, and Nonequilibrium Phonon Dynamics in Nanostructure Semiconductors

   • Kong-Thon Tsen

   Pages 191-259

6. Coherence Control of Photocurrents in Semiconductors

   • Henry M. van Driel, John E. Sipe

   Pages 261-306

7. Ensemble Monte Carlo Simulations of Ultrafast Phenomena in Semiconductors

   • David K. Ferry, Stephen M. Goodnick

   Pages 307-352

8. Theory of Coherent Phonon Oscillations in Bulk GaAs

   • Alex V. Kuznetsov, Christopher J. Stanton

   Pages 353-403

9. Coherent Spectroscopy on Quantum Wires

   • M. Bayer, T. Baars, W. Braun, A. Forchel

   Pages 405-442

10. The Vectorial Dynamics of Coherent Emission from Excitons

    • Arthur L. Smirl

    Pages 443-507

There are many books in the market devoted to the review of certain fields. This book is different from those in that authors not only provide reviews of the fields but also present their own important contributions to the fields in a tutorial way. As a result, researchers who are already in the field of ultrafast dynamics in semicon­ ductors and its device applications as well as researchers and graduate students just entering the field will benefit from it. This book is made up of recent new developments in the field of ultrafast dynamics in semiconductors. It consists of nine chapters. Chapter 1 reviews a mi­ croscopic many-body theory which allows one to compute the linear and non-linear optical properties of semiconductor superlattices in the presence of homogeneous electric fields. Chapter 2 deals with ultrafast intersubband dynamics in quantum wells and device structures. Chapter 3 is devoted to Bloch oscillations in semicon­ ductors and their applications. Chapter 4 discusses transient electron transport phe­ nomena, such as electron ballistic transport and electron velocity overshoot phe­ nomena as well as non-equilibrium phonon dynamics in nanostructure semicon­ ductors. Chapter 5 reviews experimental and theoretical work on the use of the phase properties of one or more ultrashort optical pulses to generate and control electrical currents in semiconductors.

• Exciton
• nanostructure
• optical properties
• quantum wire
• semiconductor
• simulation
• spectroscopy
• superlattice

• Department of Physics and Astronomy, Arizona State University, Tempe, USA

  Kong-Thon Tsen

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