Basic Semiconductor Physics

Basic Semiconductor Physics Chihiro Hamaguchi Basic Semiconductor Physics Second Edition With 245 figures 123 Prof. Chihiro Hamaguchi Professor Emeritus of Osaka University Graduate School of Engineering Dept. Electronic Engineering Suita, Osaka 565-0871 Japan [email protected] ISBN 978-3-642-03302-5 e-ISBN 978-3-642-03303-2 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-03303-2 Springer Heidelberg Dordrecht London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2009939136 c Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2001, 2010  This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Violations are liable to prosecution under the German Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Cover design: WMXDesign GmbH, Heidelberg Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com) Preface When the first edition of Basic Semiconductor Physics was published in 2001, there were already many books, review papers and scientific journals dealing with various aspects of semiconductor physics. Since many of them were dealing with special aspects of newly observed phenomena or with very fundamental physics, it was very difficult to understand the advanced physics of