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This overview of solid state physics provides up-to-date developments in semiconductors and nanotechnology. Mathematical results are carefully described in a standardized style and notation, while ample problems illustrate principles throughout the text.

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Technology of Quantum Devices offers a multi-disciplinary overview of solid state physics, photonics and semiconductor growth and fabrication.

Readers will find up-to-date coverage of compound semiconductors, crystal growth techniques, silicon and compound semiconductor device technology, in addition to intersubband and semiconductor lasers. Recent findings in quantum tunneling transport, quantum well intersubband photodetectors (QWIP) and quantum dot photodetectors (QWDIP) are described, along with a thorough set of sample problems.

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Single Crystal Growth.- Semiconductor Device Technology.- Semiconductor Device Processing.- Semiconductor and Metal-Semiconductor Junctions.- Transistors.- Semiconductor Lasers.- Quantum Cascade Lasers.- Photodetectors: General Concepts.- Photon Detectors.- Type-II InAs/GaSb Superlattice Photon Detectors.- Quantum Dot Infrared Photodetectors.- Single-Photon Avalanche Photodiodes.- Terahertz Device Technology.

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