• Balanced treatment of basic physics and applications to devices
• Key idea sections to start each chapter
• Extensive use of good illustrations
• Good tie-in to fundamental principles of classical mechanics, quantum mechanics, statistical mechanics, and electromagnetic theory

Readership: Graduate students and lecturers in semiconductor physics, condensed matter physics, and quantum mechanics.

M. Balkanski, Professor Emeritus of Physics, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France, and R. F. Wallis, Professor Emeritus of Physics, University of California at Irvine, USA

""A graduate-level text considering both the basic theorectical physics and practical uses of semiconductors" Materials World"

Preface
1: Basic characteristics of semiconductors
2: Electronic energy bands: Basic theory
3: Electronic energy bands: Semiconductors
4: Kinematics and dynamics of electrons and holes in energy bands
5: Electronic effects of impurities
6: Semiconductor statistics
7: Lattice vibrations in semiconductors
8: Charge carrier scattering and transport properties
9: Surface properties of semiconductors
10: Optical properties of semiconductors
11: Magneto-optical and electro-optical phenomena
12: P-N junctions in semiconductors
13: Bipolar junction transistor
14: Semiconductor lasers and photodevices
15: Heterostructures: Electronic states
16: Phonons in superlattices
17: Optical properties of heterostructures
18: Transport properties of heterostructures
19: Metal-semiconductor devices
20: Applications of semiconductor heterostructures

SOLUTIONS MANUAL available for instructors