Band Structure Engineering in Semiconductor Microstructures

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Comments on “Can Band Offsets be Changed Controllably?”....Pages 1-6
The Pressure Dependent Band Offset in a Type II Superlattice, a Test for Band Line-Up Theories....Pages 7-20
Electronic Properties of Semiconductor Interfaces: The Control of Interface Barriers....Pages 21-31
Polar/Polar, Covalent/Covalent and Covalent/Polar Semiconductor Superlattices....Pages 33-49
Band Offsets at Semiconductor Heterojunctions: Bulk or Interface Properties?....Pages 51-60
The Physics of Hg-Based Heterostructures....Pages 61-80
Valence Band Discontinuities in H g T e -CdTe-ZnTe Heterojunction Systems....Pages 81-98
Exact Envelope Function Equations for Microstructures and the Particle in a Box Model....Pages 99-109
A Method for Calculating Electronic Structure of Semiconductor Superlattices: Perturbation....Pages 111-117
The Effects of Ordering in Ternary Semiconductor Alloys: Electronic and Structural Properties....Pages 119-127
AB-Initio Molecular Dynamics Studies of Microclusters....Pages 129-135
Quantum Interference in Semiconductor Devices....Pages 137-147
A Review of Recent Developments in Resonant Tunnelling....Pages 149-166
Observation of Ballistic Holes....Pages 167-176
Quantum Transport Theory of Resonant Tunneling Devices....Pages 177-185
Hot Electron Effects in Microstructures....Pages 187-200
Models for Scattering and Vertical Transport in Microstructures and Superlattices....Pages 201-215
Electron Beam Source Molecular Beam Epitaxy of Al x Ga l−x As Graded Band Gap Device Structures....Pages 217-223
Future Trends in Quantum Semiconductor Devices....Pages 225-231
Novel Optical Properties of InGaAs-Inp Quantum Wells....Pages 233-246
Time Resolved Spectroscopy of GaAs/AlGaAs Quantum Well Structures....Pages 247-252
Recombination Mechanisms in a Type II GaAs/AlGaAs Superlattice....Pages 253-258
Interface Recombination in GaAs-GaAlAs Quantum Wells....Pages 259-268
The Interface as a Design Tool for Modelling of Optical and Electronic Properties of Quantum Well Devices....Pages 269-278
Characterization and Design of Semiconductor Lasers Using Strain....Pages 279-301
Photoreflectance and Photoluminescence of Strained In x Ga l−x As/GaAs Single Quantum Wells....Pages 303-310
Excitons in Quantum Well Structures....Pages 311-324
Fourier Determination of the Hole Wavefunctions in P-Type Modulation Doped Quantum Wells by Resonant Raman Scattering....Pages 325-339
Optical Properties of Semiconductor Superlattices....Pages 341-358
 AB-Initio Calculated Optical Properties of [001] (GaAs) n -(AlAs) n Superlattices....Pages 359-365
Effect of a Parallel Magnetic Field on the Hole Levels in Semiconductor Superlattices....Pages 367-373
Profit from Heterostructure Engineering....Pages 375-382
Back Matter....Pages 383-388