Semiconductor physics is the branch of solid state physics that focuses on specific properties of semiconductors. It studies dynamics of different perturbations (mainly electrons and holes) in the semiconductor crystal and the ways to affect it.
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Fermi-Energy Level for Extrinsic Semiconductor
How to change the Fermi-Energy level for extrinsic Semiconductor with the temperature change?
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How to determine divergence of a LED source from a single biconvex lens
I'm trying to determine the divergence angle of light from a single lens that is completely illuminated by a high power LED.
Most optics textbooks only deal with imaging optics and I'm having a hard ...
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Band offset and strain-induced valence band splitting in semiconductor compounds
My aim is to draw a plot of $GaAs_{1-x}Sb_{x}$/InP (GaAsSb on InP substrate) band offset as a function of As/Sb composition.
The first part is easy if I'm doing this correctly: I found VBO (valence ...
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III-V semiconductor compounds - band gap approximations
I'm looking for the most common and accurate approximation functions for III-V semiconductor compounds. So far, I found two (InGaAs as the sample compound):
The simplest one: ...
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Fermi level in disordered amorphous and/or organic semiconductors
So, the Fermi level in crystals is pretty easy to understand. Been using it and talking about it in terms of the highest occupied level forever. However, I'm now reading about disordered systems. A ...
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Purchasing semiconductor substrates
I'd like to make a comparison of prices, availability and properties of semiconductor substrate layers like Si, Ge, GaP, AlN etc. I wonder what are the problems related to getting such data, what are ...
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Energy levels in disordered organic semiconductors?
Now in disordered organics, the band picture is thrown out the window, from what I can tell (due to lack of symmetry). But don't HOMO/LUMO levels basically take the place of conduction/valence bands ...
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What's a typical electron-hole recombination time of semiconductors?
Have some trouble finding a useful reference to answer the following questions:
What's a typical electron-hole recombination time of semiconductors? And how does it depend on the temperature and the ...
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Modern and complete references for the $k\cdot p$ method?
I've recently started studying the $k\cdot p$ method for describing electronic bandstructures near the centre of the Brillouin zone and I've been finding it hard to find any pedagogical references on ...
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What is injection level (semiconductor physics)?
I am currently reading journal articles about semiconductor physics in solar cells. What is injection level?
I'll try to start off with what I understand. Photons hitting the silicon cause its ...
