Steiner Todd (ed.). Semiconductor Nanostructures for Optoelectronic Applications

Artech House, Inc. , 2004, 436p.Synopsis
Growth
Optoelectronic Devices Based on Semiconductor Nanostructures
Materials for Semiconductor NanostructuresReview of Crystal, Thin-Film, and Nanostructure Growth TechnologiesReview of Thermodynamics
Bulk Crystal Growth Techniques
Epitaxial Growth Techniques
Thin-Film Deposition Techniques
Growth of NanostructuresQuantum Dot Infrared PhotodetectorsQD and QDIP Structure Growth and Characterization
QDIP Device Characteristics
PrognosisQuantum Dot Lasers: Theoretical Overview
Introduction: Dimensionality and Laser Performance
Advantages of an Idealized QD Laser
Progress in Fabricating QD Lasers
State-of-the-Art Complications
Novel Designs of QD Lasers with Improved Threshold and Power Characteristics
Other PerspectivesHigh-Speed Quantum Dot LasersMBE Growth of Self-Organized QDs and Their Electronic Properties
Separate Confinement Heterostructure QD Lasers and Their Limitations
Tunnel Injection of Carriers in QDs
Characteristics of High-Speed Tunneling-Injection QD LasersZinc Oxide-Based NanostructuresGrowth Techniques
Characterizations
Device ApplicationsAntimony-Based Materials for Electro-OpticsIII-Sb Binary Compounds: GaSb, AlSb, and InSb
InAsSb
InTlSb
InBiSb
InTlAsSb
InAsSb/InAsSbP for IR Lasers
GaSb/InAs Type II Superlattice for IR PhotodetectorsGrowth, Structures, and Optical Properties of III-Nitride Quantum DotsGrowth of III-Nitride QDs
Optical Properties of III-Nitride QDsSelf-Assembled Germanium Nano-Islands on Silicon and
Potential ApplicationsHeteroepitaxy Mechanisms
Uniform Ge Islands
Registration and Regimentation of Ge Islands
Novel Device ApplicationsCarbon Nanotube Engineering and PhysicsControlled Fabrication of Uniform Nanotubes in a Highly
Ordered Array
Interfacing with Biomolecules and Cells
Intrinsic Quantum Electromechanical Couplings
Extrinsic Coupling to Radiation Fields
Heterojunction Nanotubes
Prospects for Future AdvancesAcronyms
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