Comprehensive Semiconductor Science and Technology, Six-Volume Set, Volume 1

Cover
......Page 1
Comprehensive Semiconductor Science and Technology......Page 2
Copyright......Page 5
Contents of Volume 1......Page 6
Contributors to Volume 1......Page 8
Preface......Page 10
Editors in Chief......Page 14
Contents of All Volumes......Page 16
Introduction......Page 20
The Empirical Pseudopotential Method......Page 25
The Ab Initio Pseudopotential Method......Page 45
Summary and Conclusions......Page 56
References......Page 58
Further Reading......Page 60
Introduction......Page 61
Ground-State Properties and DFT......Page 63
Ab Initio pseudopotentials......Page 66
Selected Applications of DFT to Ground-State Properties......Page 68
Excited States and Spectroscopic Properties......Page 73
Quasiparticle Properties and the Single-Particle Green’s Function......Page 74
The GW Approximation......Page 76
The GW Formalism and Applications......Page 78
Two-Particle Excitations and the Bethe-Salpeter Equation......Page 82
The GW-BSE Formalism and Optical Response......Page 84
Interactions in Nanostructured Semiconducting Materials......Page 90
Acknowledgments......Page 92
References......Page 93
Further Reading......Page 95
Impurity Bands in Group-IV Semiconductors......Page 96
Introduction......Page 97
Localization Theories in Impurity Bands......Page 100
Electron-Electron Interactions in Impurity Bands......Page 105
Hopping Conduction and Related Phenomena......Page 120
Conclusions......Page 128
References......Page 129
Atomic Structures and Electronic Properties of Semiconductor Interfaces......Page 132
Introduction......Page 133
Interface Formation and Stability......Page 134
Electronic Structures of Interfaces......Page 164
Future Prospects......Page 186
References......Page 189
Further Reading......Page 193
Introduction......Page 194
Integer QHE - Experiments......Page 200
IQHE - Theories......Page 203
Localization problem......Page 208
QHE Edge States and Edge Transport......Page 212
Real-Space Imaging......Page 214
QHE Resistance Standard and the Fine-Structure Constant......Page 215
Quantum-Dot and Periodically Modulated Systems in Strong Magnetic Fields......Page 216
Integer versus Fractional QHEs......Page 219
Recent Developments and Related Phenomena......Page 221
References......Page 227
Further Reading......Page 228
Fractional Quantum Hall Effect and Composite Fermions......Page 229
Quantum Hall Effect Phenomenology......Page 230
Electrons in a Magnetic Field: Landau Levels......Page 231
Composite Fermions: Basic Foundations......Page 233
Consequences......Page 235
References......Page 239
Further Reading......Page 240
Spin Hall Effect......Page 241
Introduction - Early History and Background of Spin Hall Effect (SHE)......Page 243
Intrinsic and Extrinsic Mechanism of SHE......Page 246
SHE in Metals......Page 264
Quantum Spin Hall Effect......Page 272
Summary and Perspectives on SHE......Page 283
References......Page 288
Further Reading......Page 297
Ballistic Transport in 1D GaAs/AlGaAs Heterostructures......Page 298
Introduction......Page 300
Ballistic Conduction in n-type GaAs-Based 1D Systems......Page 308
Ballistic Transport in p-Type GaAs-Based 1D Systems......Page 328
References......Page 341
Further Reading......Page 344
Introduction......Page 345
The Boltzmann Equation......Page 346
Thermal Conductivity......Page 349
Thermoelectric Phenomena......Page 355
Thermoelectrics......Page 361
Nanostructured Materials......Page 369
Summary and Outlook......Page 374
References......Page 375
Introduction......Page 378
Electronic Structures......Page 380
Transport Properties of Graphene......Page 388
Transport Properties of Carbon Nanotubes......Page 391
Transport Properties of Graphite......Page 393
References......Page 399
Further Reading......Page 401
Introduction......Page 402
Angle-Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy......Page 403
Graphite......Page 408
Graphite Intercalation Compounds......Page 416
Graphene......Page 422
References......Page 426
Theory of Superconductivity in Graphite Intercalation Compounds......Page 429
Introduction......Page 430
First-Principles Calculation of Tc......Page 432
Calculation of Tc in the G0W0 Approximation......Page 433
Density Functional Theory for Superconductors......Page 435
Experiment on Superconductivity in GICs......Page 437
Standard Model for Superconductivity in GICs......Page 438
Superconductivity in Alkaline-Earth GICs......Page 440
Prediction of the Optimum Tc in GICs......Page 441
References......Page 442
Further Reading......Page 445