Theory of optical processes in semiconductors : bulk and microstructures

1 INTRODUCTION 2 CLASSICAL THEORY OF OPTICAL PROCESSES 3 PHOTONS 4 ELECTRON BAND STRUCTURE AND ITS MODIFICATIONS 5 INTERBAND AND IMPURITY ABSORPTIONS 6 EXCITONIC ABSORPTION 7 ABSORPTION AND REFRACTION IN AN ELECTRIC FIELD 8 INTERBAND MAGNETO-OPTICAL EFFECTS 9 FREE CARRIER PROCESSES 10 RECOMBINATION PROCESSES 11 INTRODUCTION TO TWO-DIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS 12 OPTICAL PROCESSES IN QUANTUM WELLS 13 EXCITONS AND IMPURITIES IN QUANTUM WELLS 14 OPTICAL PROCESSES IN QUANTUM WIRES AND DOTS 15 SUPERLATTICES 16 STRAINED LAYERS 17 EFFECTS OF ELECTRIC FIELD ON LOW DIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS