Phonons in nanostructures

Author: World Book Press
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Publish Date: 2003-09-01
Features: It is well-known that the key role of phonon effects in semiconductor devices. In the era of electronic devices evolving toward single-atom and single-molecule devices, there is an urgent need to understand the phonon characteristics in nanosystems. This book is an excellent resource for discussing the theory of phonon interactions in nanostructures. It employs the dielectric continuity model for optical phonons and the elastic continuity model for acoustic phonons to explore phonon-phonon interactions, electron-phonon interactions in quantum wells, quantum wires, and quantum dots. Additionally, it discusses the transport properties of phonons at multilayer interfaces using the transfer matrix method. Target Audience: Graduate students and researchers in physics, microelectronics, and related fields. This book is in English! It introduces phonon content in nanostructures in English form.