Simple models of the electron-phonon interaction -- Quantum confinement of carriers -- Quasi-continuum theory of lattice vibrations -- Bulk vibrational modes in an isotropic continuum -- Optical modes in a quantum well -- Superlattice modes -- Optical modes in various structures -- Electron-optical phonon interaction in a quantum well -- Other scattering mechanisms -- Quantum screening -- The electron distribution function -- Spin relaxation -- Electrons and phonons in the wurtzite lattice -- Nitride heterostructures -- Terahertz sources -- Appendix 1: The polar-optical momentum-relaxation time in a 2D degenerate gas -- Appendix 2: Electron/polar optical phonon scattering rates in a spherical cosine band
Summary
Ridley provides a detailed description of the quantum confinement of electrons and phonons in semiconductor wells, superlattices and quantum wires, and shows how this affects their mutual interactions
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-405) and index
