Seeger K Semiconductor Physics An Introduction 8ed 2002

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Elementary Properties of Semiconductors.
Insulator - Semiconductor - Semimetal - Metal.
The Positive Hole.
Conduction Processes, Compensation, Law of Mass Action.
Energy Band Structure.
Single and Periodically Repeated Potential Well.
Energy Bands by Tight Binding of Electrons to Atoms.
The Brillouin Zone.
Constant Energy Surfaces.
Semiconductor Statistics.
Fermi Statistics.
Occupation Probabilities of Impurity Levels.
Charge and Energy Transport in a Nondegenerate Electron Gas.
Electrical Conductivity and its Temperature Dependence.
Hall Effect in a Transverse Magnetic Field.
Hall Techniques.
Magnetoresistance.
Corbino Resistance.
Transport in Inhomogeneous Samples.
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The Franz - Keldysh Effect (Electroabsorption and Electroreflectance).
Impurity Absorption.
Lattice Reflection in Polar Semiconductors.
Multiphonon Lattice Absorption.
Quantum Mechanical Treatment of the Fundamental Optical Absorption Edge.
Free-Carrier Absorption and Reflection