Researching Semiconductors and Intro Physics

[Manu2380]

Hi, just wondering if anyone would happen to know of some good books on semiconductors/intro semiconductor physics. Any names would help a lot tnx.

Manu

 

[Gokul43201]

There's Kittel and Ashcroft & Mermin to start you off on solid state physics. There's chapters in both that deal with semiconductors - this is probably a pretty good place to start.

Then there's Simon Sze's Physics of Semiconductor Devices and I like Davies' Physics of Low-Dimensional Semiconductors.

I've also read some of Bhattacharya's Semiconductor Optoelectronic Devices and thought that was okay.

There's one more text I used some years ago - can't remember the name...

 

[Manu2380]

Hey thnx so much Gokul i really appreciate it. I will search those books at either half.com or amazon. Have a great day.

Manu

 

[Dr Transport]

One of the better books out there is Fundamentyals of Semiconductors by Yu and Cardona. It assumes a fair amount of background knowledge but is a solidly written text that connects theory and experiment.

 

[Manu2380]

Hi, tnx for the help Doc, i will def. add to my order from amazon.

Manu

 

[nbo10]

"Solid-State Physics, An introduction to principles of materials science", by Ibach and Luth is pretty good. The third ed. has good sections on semiconductor/physics.

JMD