Heterojunctions and Semiconductor Superlattices: Proceedings of the Winter School Les Houches, France, March 12–21, 1985
Held across nine days in the French Alps during March 1985, the Les Houches Winter School brought together leading researchers to examine one of the most energetically contested areas in semiconductor physics at that time: heterojunctions and superlattices. Building on the foundational work of Esaki and Tsu from 1970, the study of these two-dimensional heterostructures had by then gathered considerable momentum, pulling researchers in two directions at once, towards the fundamentals of quantum behaviour and towards real-world electronic applications. This volume collects the lectures delivered at that gathering, and the breadth of what's covered is striking. Topics range from fabrication techniques, including molecular beam epitaxy and metallorganic chemical vapour deposition, through to band structure theory, optical characteristics of two-dimensional systems, and the fractional quantum Hall effect. Quantum well lasers and two-dimensional electron gas field effect transistors also receive serious attention. Modulation-doped heterojunctions, by then already in use for probing the quantum Hall effect and building high-speed transistors, sit at the heart of several contributions. What this book captures well is a field mid-stride, conscious of its own possibilities yet still working through foundational questions. The strong response from both industrial and academic communities to the original school speaks to how well-timed it was. For anyone interested in the historical development of semiconductor heterostructure physics, it's a genuinely valuable record.
- Author: Guy Allan
- Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
- Genre: Gardening & Horticulture
- ISBN: 978-3540162599
- Pages: 254 pages