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Spectroscopic techniques are among the most powerful characterization methods used to study semiconductors. This volume presents reviews of a number of major spectroscopic techniques used to investigate bulk and artificially structured semiconductors including: photoluminescence, photo-reflectance, inelastic light scattering, magneto-optics, ultrafast work, piezo-spectroscopy methods, and spectroscopy at extremely low temperatures and high magnetic fields. Emphasis is given to major semiconductor systems, and artificially structured materials such as GaAs, InSb, Hg1-xCdxTe and MBE grown structures based upon GaAs/AlGaAs materials. Both the spectroscopic novice and the expert will benefit from the descriptions and discussions of the methods, principles, and applications relevant to today's semiconductor structures. Key Features * Discusses the latest advances in spectroscopic techniques used to investigate bulk and artificially structured semiconductors * Features detailed review articles which cover basic principles * Highlights specific applications such as the use of laser spectroscopy for the characterization of GaAs quantum well structures.

Front Cover; The Spectroscopy of Semiconductors; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1. Laser Spectroscopy of Semiconductors at Low Temperatures and High Magnetic Fields; I. Introduction; II. Experimental Techniques; III. GaAs Quantum Well Structures; IV. Magnetic Semiconductors; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 2. Transient Spectroscopy by Ultrashort Laser Pulse Techniques; I. Introduction; II. Instrumentation for Time-Resolved Spectroscopy; III. Time-Resolved Spectroscopy in Semiconductors: Approaches.

IV. Portfolio of Experimental Examples in Time-Resolved SpectroscopyV. Concluding Remarks; References; Chapter 3. Piezospectroscopy of Semiconductors; I. Introduction; II. Elasticity, Symmetry, Latent Anisotropy, and Deformation Potentials.; III. Experimental Techniques; IV. Valence and Conduction Bands of Elemental and Compound Semiconductors under External Stress; V. Interband Transitions and Associated Excitons; VI. Lyman Spectra of Shallow Donors and Acceptors; VII. Zone-Center Optical Phonons; VIII. Optical Phonons and Electronic States; IX. Concluding Remarks; Acknowledgments.

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