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Semiconductor Optics

  • Represents the culmination of many years of teaching experience and world-leading research in theoretical semiconductor optics
  • Describes the different aspects of the optical properties of semiconductors with unprecedented clarity
  • Completely revised and updated, new chapters on electron hole plasma, Bose condensate excitons and on meta materials
  • Problems and solutions, boxed inserts, 400 high quality figures, detailed preface, chapter introductions, index
  • From the reviews of previous editions: "...does an especially good job of handling polaritons, excitons, plasmons and magnons as they relate to contemporary semiconductor nanodevices"
  • My feeling after reading this book is that the author has really done a great job
  • The books describes the different aspects of the optical properties of semiconductors with unprecedented clarity
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (27 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxviii
  2. Introduction

    • Claus F. Klingshirn
    Pages 1-10
  3. Interaction of Light with Matter

    • Claus F. Klingshirn
    Pages 39-75
  4. Ensemble of Uncoupled Oscillators

    • Claus F. Klingshirn
    Pages 77-95
  5. The Concept of Polaritons

    • Claus F. Klingshirn
    Pages 97-128
  6. Kramers–Kronig Relations

    • Claus F. Klingshirn
    Pages 129-134
  7. Crystals, Lattices, Lattice Vibrations and Phonons

    • Claus F. Klingshirn
    Pages 135-166
  8. Electrons in a Periodic Crystal

    • Claus F. Klingshirn
    Pages 167-248
  9. Excitons, Biexcitons and Trions

    • Claus F. Klingshirn
    Pages 249-271
  10. Optical Properties of Phonons

    • Claus F. Klingshirn
    Pages 283-300
  11. Excitons Under the Influence of (External) Fields

    • Claus F. Klingshirn
    Pages 423-455
  12. From Cavity Polaritons to Photonic Crystals

    • Claus F. Klingshirn
    Pages 457-483
  13. Review of the Linear Optical Properties

    • Claus F. Klingshirn
    Pages 485-489
  14. High Excitation Effects and Nonlinear Optics

    • Claus F. Klingshirn
    Pages 491-506

About this book

This updated and enlarged new edition of Semiconductor Optics provides an introduction to and an overview of semiconductor optics from the IR through the visible to the UV, including linear and nonlinear optical properties, dynamics, magneto and electrooptics, high-excitation effects and laser processes, some applications, experimental techniques and group theory.

The mathematics is kept as elementary as possible, sufficient for an intuitive understanding of the experimental results and techniques treated. The subjects covered extend from physics to materials science and optoelectronics. Significantly updated chapters add coverage of current topics such as electron hole plasma, Bose condensation of excitons and meta materials. Over 120 problems, chapter introductions and a detailed index make it the key textbook for graduate students in physics.

The mathematics is kept as elementary as possible, sufficient for an intuitive understanding of the experimental results and techniques treated. The subjects covered extend from physics to materials science and optoelectronics. Significantly updated chapters add coverage of current topics such as electron hole plasma, Bose condensation of excitons and meta materials. Over 120 problems, chapter introductions and a detailed index make it the key textbook for graduate students in physics.

Authors and Affiliations

  • , Institut für Angewandte Physik, Karlsruher Inst. für Technologie (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany

    Claus F. Klingshirn

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Claus Klingshirn, University of Karlsruhe, Germany

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