The optical and electronic properties of semiconductors is a subject which today presents a major area in solid state sciences. This book is the first attempt to gather together information which is otherwise scattered throughout the scientific literature into a single comprehensive work. As such, the book will serve as an excellent introductory text for newcomers to the field as well as an indispensible reference volume for research workers.

Electronic structure and optical properties of semiconductors (Springer series in solid-state sciences)

Cohen, Marvin L.

Chelikowsky, James R.

Science & Math

Springer, Verlag

Based on an established course and covering the fundamentals, central areas and contemporary topics of this diverse field, Fundamentals of Condensed Matter Physics is a much-needed textbook for graduate students. The book begins with an introduction to the modern conceptual models of a solid from the points of view of interacting atoms and elementary excitations. It then provides students with a thorough grounding in electronic structure and many-body interactions as a starting point to understand many properties of condensed matter systems - electronic, structural, vibrational, thermal, optical, transport, magnetic and superconducting - and methods to calculate them. Taking readers through the concepts and techniques, the text gives both theoretically and experimentally inclined students the knowledge needed for research and teaching careers in this field. It features 246 illustrations, 9 tables and 100 homework problems, as well as numerous worked examples, for students to test their understanding. Solutions to the problems for instructors are available at www.cambridge.org/cohenlouie.

Fundamentals of Condensed Matter Physics

Louie, Steven G.

Physics

Cambridge University Press

We began planning and writing this book in thc late 1970$ at thc ugge s stion of Manuel Cardona and Helmut Latsch. We also received considerable eo couragement and stimulation from colleagues. Same said there was a need for instructional material in tbis area while others emphasized thc utility of a research text. We tried to strike a compromise. Thc figures, tables, and rcferences are included to enable researchcrs to obt81o quickly essential information in this area of semiconductor research. For instructoTS and stu dents, we attempt to cover same basic ideas abaut electronic structure and semiconductor physics with applications to real, rather than model, solids. ~Ve \Vish to thank our colleagues and collaborators whose research rc sults and ideas are presented here. Special thanks are duc to Jim Phillips who illfluellced lIS hoth during ollr formative )'ears and afterwards. We are grateful to Sari Yamagishi for her patience and skill with the typing and production of the manuscript. Finally, we acknowledge the great patience of Helmut Lotsch and Manucl Cardona. llerkeley, CA M.L. Gehen ~·[inncapolis, MN, J.R, Chelikew"ky March 1988 VII Contents 1. Introduction 1 2. Theoretical Concepts and Methods .................... . 4 2.1 Thc One-Electron Model and Band Structure 7 2.2 Properties cf En(k) ......................... . 11 3. Pseudopotentials 16 3.1 The Empirical Pseudopotential Method .......... 20 3.2 Self-Consistent and Ab Initio Pseudopotentials ...... ..... 25 4. Response Functiolls and Density of States . ..

Electronic Structure and Optical Properties of Semiconductors (Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences, 75)

Springer

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