Primary goal of this book is to provide a cohesive description of the vast field of semiconductor quantum devices, with special emphasis on basic quantum-mechanical phenomena governing the electro-optical response of new-generation nanomaterials. The book will cover within a common language different types of optoelectronic nanodevices, including quantum-cascade laser sources and detectors, few-electron/exciton quantum devices, and semiconductor-based quantum logic gates. The distinguishing feature of the present volume is a unified microscopic treatment of quantum-transport and coherent-optics phenomena on ultrasmall space- and time-scales, as well as of their semiclassical counterparts.

InhaltsangabeFundamentals of Semiconductor Materials and Devices.- Part I: Microscopic Modelling.- The Density-Matrix Approach.- Three Key Approximation Levels.- Generalization to Systems with Open Boundaries.- Part II: Simulation Strategies.- Direct or Deterministic Integration Techniques.- Monte Carlo or Stochastic Sampling.- Proper Combinations of Direct and Monte Carlo Schemes.- Part III: State-of-the-Art Quantum Devices - Key Examples.- Quantum-Well Infrared Photodetectors.- Quantum-Cascade Lasers.- Part IV: New-Generation Nanomaterials and Nanodevices.- Few-Electron/Exciton Quantum Devices.- Semiconductor-Based Quantum Logic Gates.- New Frontiers of Electronic and Optoelectronic Device Physics and Technology.