Symmetry and strain-induced effects in semiconductors

CONTENTS5 ......Page 5
FOREWORD TO ENGLISH EDITION by J. C. Hensel 7 ......Page 7
PREFACE 8 ......Page 8
§ 1. Elements of abstract group theory 10 ......Page 10
§ 2. Symmetry transformations 16 ......Page 16
§ 3. Point groups 24 ......Page 24
§ 4. Full rotation group ......Page 31
§ 5. Bravais lattices 35 ......Page 35
§ 6. Space groups 48 ......Page 48
§ 7. Representation theory 52 ......Page 52
§ 8. Irreducible representations. Characters ......Page 56
§ 9. Construction of basis functions of irreducible representations. Products of representations ......Page 63
§10. Representations of the full rotation group70 ......Page 70
§11. Representations of the point groups 76 ......Page 76
§12. Representations of space groups. Brillouin zone. Little group 85 ......Page 85
§13. Projective representations 97 ......Page 97
§ 14. Projective representations of point groups 107 ......Page 107
§ 15. Irreducible representations and classification of terms. Normal modes. Perturbation theory......Page 135
§16. Spinor representations ......Page 150
§ 17. Electron in a periodic field ......Page 161
§18. Time reversal ......Page 169
§19. Selection rules ......Page 180
§20. Determination of linearly independent components of material tensors ......Page 191
§21. Perturbation theory, fcp-theory 196 ......Page 197
§22. Electron in a crystal in an external field  ......Page 212
§ 23. Representations of space groups in cubic and hexagonal crystals. Distribution of normal modes according to irreducible representations ......Page 220
§24. Electron spectrum in cubic crystals with space group О^1, О^5, О^7 ......Page 236
§25. Theory of invariants ......Page 249
§26. Methods for construction of basis matrices. Application of theory of invariants to determine electron spectra in cubic crystals ......Page 257
§27. Shallow impurity centers and excitons in semiconductors ......Page 278
§28. Effect of strain on crystal symmetry 304......Page 305
§29. Effect of strain on the spectrum 309 ......Page 310
§30. Effect of strain on degenerate bands in cubic crystals 318 ......Page 319
§31. Effect of strain on spectrum in wurtzite-type crystals 331......Page 332
§ 32. Interaction of electrons with lattice vibrations and the deformation potential 346 ......Page 347
§ 33. Cyclotron and combined resonances in strained germanium and silicon ......Page 366
§34. Effect of strain on kinetic phenomena 378 ......Page 379
§ 35. Absorption and reflection of light by free carriers in strained crystals 401 ......Page 402
§ 36. Absorption and reflection of light in interband transitions in strained crystals 416 ......Page 417
§ 37. Spectrum of impurity centers in a strained crystal 424 ......Page 425
§38. Effect of strain on optical properties of impurity centers 433 ......Page 434
§39. Paramagnetic resonance arising from shallow impurity centers 443 ......Page 444
§40. Effect of strain on optical properties of excitons in semiconductors 452 ......Page 453
BIBLIOGRAPHY 479 ......Page 480
SUBJECT INDEX ......Page 491