Electron transport phenomena in semiconductors / B.M. Askerov ; translated from the Russian by G.I. Polishuk

Translation of: Ėlektronnye i︠a︡vleni︠a︡ perenosa v poluprovodnikakh

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents Foreword Ch. 1 Energy Spectrum of Charge Carriers in Semiconductors 1 Electron motion in ideal crystal lattice 2 Energy bands in solids, Brillouin zones 3 Energy band edge structure of some semiconductors. The main band models Ch. 2 Statistics of Charge Carriers in Semiconductors 4 Electron concentration in conduction band and Fermi level, effective mass as function of concentration 5 Statistics of charge carriers in intrinsic semiconductors and semimetals 6 Statistics of charge carriers in extrinsic semiconductors Ch. 3 Solution of Boltzmann Equation, Scattering Mechanisms 7 Phenomenological definition of kinetic coefficients and their interrelationship 8 Boltzmann equation and its applicability conditions 9 Solution of Boltzmann equation for arbitrary spherically symmetric band in relaxation time approximation 10 Charge carrier scattering in semiconductors with an arbitrary isotropic band, scattering by impurities 11 Charge carrier scattering by phonons in semiconductors with arbitrary isotropic band 12 Theory of charge carrier scattering in semiconductors using Bloch wave functions Ch. 4 Electron Transport Phenomena in Semiconductors with Isotropic Band 13 General expressions of main kinetic coefficients 14 Transport phenomena in absence of magnetic field 15 Transport phenomena in magnetic field 16 Transport phenomena in semiconductors of p-Ge type 17 Charge carrier entrainment by phonons in semiconductors with arbitrary isotropic band Ch. 5 Transport Phenomena in Semiconductors with Anisotropic Nonparabolic Band, Anisotropic Scattering 18 Boltzmann equation solution for anisotropic band in relaxation time tensor approximation 19 Conductivity tensors in semiconductors with anisotropic dispersion relation 20 Main kinetic effects in cubic semiconductors with anisotropic dispersion relation Ch. 6 Transport Phenomena in Quantizing Magnetic Fields 21 Energy spectrum and charge carrier statistics in quantizing magnetic fields 22 Galvanomagnetic phenomena in quantizing magnetic field 23 Thermomagnetic phenomena in transverse quantizing magnetic field Ch. 7 Electron Transport Phenomena in Semiconductive Films. Size-dependent Effects 24 Boltzmann equation solution for films with taking account of boundary conditions 25 Transport phenomena in films with arbitrary dispersion relation 26 Quantum size effects