Optical Properties. Part 1

Introductory material....Pages 1-4
0 Introduction....Pages 1-5
1.1 Electronic states and phonons in mesoscopic microstructures....Pages 6-21
1.2 Theory of stationary spectroscopy....Pages 21-37
1.3 Theory of transient spectroscopy....Pages 38-49
1.4 References for 1....Pages 49-54
2 Experimental methods....Pages 55-55
2.1 Linear optical spectroscopy....Pages 56-61
2.2 Nonlinear optical spectroscopy....Pages 61-73
2.3 Time-resolved spectroscopy....Pages 73-81
2.4 Spatially resolved spectroscopy....Pages 82-85
2.5 Spectroscopy under the influence of external fields....Pages 85-89
2.6 References for 2....Pages 89-95
4 III-V Semiconductors....Pages 96-96
4.1 General properties....Pages 96-100
4.2 Quantum-well structures....Pages 100-100
4.2.1 GaN quantum wells and related structures....Pages 100-102
4.2.2.1 Excitonic data and effects....Pages 103-118
4.2.2.1.8 Dynamic properties of excitons, biexcitons and trions....Pages 118-131
4.2.2.1.9 Excitons under the influence of external fields....Pages 131-140
4.2.2.2 Plasma effects....Pages 140-147
4.2.3 InAs and In{1-y}Ga{y}As wells....Pages 148-159
4.2.4 Other well materials....Pages 159-165
4.2.5 References for 4.1 and 4.2....Pages 165-208
4.3 Superlattices and coupled quantum wells....Pages 209-209
4.3.1 GaN superlattices and related structures....Pages 210-211
4.3.2 GaAs (and Al{1-y}Ga{y}As)-based structures....Pages 211-230
4.3.3 InAs and In{1-y}Ga{y}As....Pages 231-233
4.3.4 Other well materials....Pages 233-236
4.3.5 Doping superlattices....Pages 236-240
4.3.6 Spontaneously ordered alloys....Pages 240-242
4.3.7 References for 4.3....Pages 242-263
4.4 Quantum-wire structures....Pages 264-276
4.4.5 References for 4.4....Pages 276-285
4.5 Quantum-dot structures....Pages 286-301
4.5.5 References for 4.5....Pages 301-313
6 I-VII Semiconductors....Pages 314-328
6.6 References for 6....Pages 328-331
7 IV-VI Semiconductors....Pages 332-332
7.1 General properties....Pages 332-341
7.2 Single and multiple quantum wells....Pages 341-348
7.3 Superlattices....Pages 349-352
7.4 Quantum wires and dots....Pages 352-354