Publisher's Synopsis
This book is specifically concerned with the basic electronic and optical properties of two dimensional semiconductor heterostructures based on III-V and II-Vi compounds. It explores various consequences of one-dimensional size-quantization, a genuine quantum-mechanical effect, on the most basic physical properties of heterolayers. The book recalls a few basic quantum mechanical properties of idealized quantum wells and superlattices, and discusses the occurrence of bound states when the heterostructure is imperfect or when it is suffused with near bandgap light.
