Dieter Bimberg; Marius Grundmann; Nikolai N. Ledentsov
Synopsis "Quantum dot Heterostructures "
Quantum Dot Heterostructures Dieter Bimberg, Marius Grundmann andNikolai N. Ledentsov Institute of Solid State Physics, TechnischeUniversität Berlin, Germany Quantum dots are nanometer-sizesemiconductor structures, and represent one of the most rapidlydeveloping areas of current semiconductor research as increases inthe speed and decreases in the size of semiconductor devices becomemore important. They present the utmost challenge to semiconductortechnology, making possible fascinating novel devices. Thisimportant new reference book focuses on the key phenomena andprinciples. Chapter 1 provides a brief account of the history ofquantum dots, whilst the second chapter surveys the variousfabrication techniques used in the past two decades, and introducesthe concept of self-organized growth. This topic is expanded in thefollowing chapter, which presents a broad review ofself-organization phenomena at surfaces of crystals. Experimentalresults on growth of quantum dot structures in many differentsystems and on their structural characterization are presented inChapter 4. Basic properties of the dots relate to their geometricstructure and chemical composition. Numerical modeling of theelectronic and optical properties of real dots is presented inChapter 5, together with general theoretical considerations oncarrier capture, relaxation, recombination and properties ofquantum dot lasers. Chapters 6 and 7 summarize experimental resultson electronic, optical and electrical properties. The bookconcludes by disoussing highly topical results on quantum-dot-basedphotonic devices - mainly quantum dot lasers. Quantum DotHeterostructures is written by some of the key researchers who havecontributed significantly to the development of the field, and havepioneered both the theoretical understanding of quantum dot relatedphenomena and quantum dot lasers. It is of great interest tograduate and postgraduate students, and to researchers insemiconductor physics and technology and optoelectronics.
