Introduction to Applied Solid State Physics: Topics in the Applications of Semiconductors, Superconductors, Ferromagnetism, and the Nonlinear Optical Properties of Solids

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Springer Science & Business Media, Dec 6, 2012 - Science - 426 pages
In addition to the topics discussed in the First Edition, this Second Edition contains introductory treatments of superconducting materials and of ferromagnetism. I think the book is now more balanced because it is divided perhaps 60% - 40% between devices (of all kinds) and materials (of all kinds). For the physicist interested in solid state applications, I suggest that this ratio is reasonable. I have also rewritten a number of sections in the interest of (hopefully) increased clarity. The aims remain those stated in the Preface to the First Edition; the book is a survey of the physics of a number of solid state devices and ma terials. Since my object is a discussion of the basic ideas in a number of fields, I have not tried to present the "state of the art," especially in semi conductor devices. Applied solid state physics is too vast and rapidly changing to cover completely, and there are many references available to recent developments. For these reasons, I have not treated a number of interesting areas. Among the lacunae are superiattices, heterostructures, compound semiconductor devices, ballistic transistors, integrated optics, and light wave communications. (Suggested references to those subjects are given in an appendix. ) I have tried to cover some of the recent revolutionary developments in superconducting materials.
 

Contents

Review of Semiconductor Physics
1
Semiconductor pn Junction Devices
3
Effective Mass of Carriers in Semiconductors
7
Carrier Density in an Instrinsic Semiconductor
13
Carrier Lifetime in Semiconductors
21
Physics and Applications of the Nonlinear Optical
24
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40
Qualitative Discussion of the pn Junction in Equilibrium
53
Detectors and Generators of Electromagnetic Radiation
177
Superconductive Devices and Materials
217
Other Semiconductor Devices
283
Electric Polarization in a Dielectric Solid
297
Anharmonic Oscillator Model of a Nonlinear Solid
303
Tensor Nature of the Nonlinear Susceptibility
309
Summary
340
Magnetic Domains
358

Qualitative Discussion of Current Flow in the Biased Junction
59
Majority and Minority Carrier Components of the Junction Current
71
Other Topics on pn Junctions
77
Physics of MetalSemiconductor
111
Effect of an Applied Potential on the MetalSemiconductor Junction
118
Problems
126
The Magnetization Curve and Hysteresis
367
Materials for Permanent Magnets
374
Magnetic Materials for Other Applications
381
Suggested Reading
389
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