Low-dimensional semiconductor quantum structures are a major, high-technological development that has a considerable industrial potential. The field is developing extremely rapidly and the present book represents a timely guide to the latest developments in device technology, fundamental properties, and some remarkable applications. The content is largely tutorial, and the book could be used as a textbook. The book deals with the physics, fabrication, characteristics and performance of devices based on low-dimensional semiconductor structures. It opens with fabrication procedures. The fundamentals of quantum structures and electro-optical devices are dealt with extensively. Nonlinear optical devices are discussed from the point of view of physics and applications of exciton saturation in MQW structures. Waveguide-based devices are also described in terms of linear and nonlinear coupling. The basics of pseudomorphic HEMT technology, device physics and materials layer design are presented. Each aspect is reviewed from the elementary basics up to the latest developments. Audience: Undergraduates in electrical engineering, graduates in physics and engineering schools. Useful for active scientists and engineers wishing to update their knowledge and understanding of recent developments.

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Preface. 1. Fabrication Procedures. Solid Source Molecular Beam Epitaxy; J.F. Rochette. Using Gaseous Sources in Molecular Beam Epitaxy; C.W. Tu. 2. Fundamentals on Quantum Structures for Electro-Optical Devices. Optical Properties of Heterostructures under an Electric Field; P. Tronc. The Role of Spontaneous Emission in Laser Diode Operation; P. Blood. MBE Growth of (In, Ga)As Self-Assembled Quantum Dots for Optoelectronic Applications; V.M. Ustinov, et al. Exciton and Magnetoexciton Luminescence in Ge-Ge1-x Six Multiple Quantum Well Structures; N.G. Kalugin, et al. The Physics of Quantum Well Infrared Detectors; E. Rosencher, et al. Semimagnetic Quantum Wells and Superlattices; M. Averous. Surface, Leaky and Singular Magnetoplasmons along the Interface of Gyrotropic Semiconductor; S.T. Ivanov, et al. Optical and Theoretical Assessment of GaAs Quantum Wells Having Superlattices as Barrier Layers; V. Donichev, et al. Anisotropy of Optical Characteristics of Low-Dimensional and Bulk Many-Valley Semiconductors; A. Svizhenko, et al. Hot Hole Effects in Strained Multi-Quantum-Well Heterostructures Ge/GeSi; V.Ya. Aleshkin, et al. Enhancement of Average Velocity of Hot Carriers in Saw-Toothed Heterostructure; A.B. Kozyrev, V.A. Kozlov. Path-Integral Calculation of the Electron Density of States in MIS- Structures; G. Slavcheva, Y. Yanchev. 3. Nonlinear Optical Devices. Physics and Applications of Exciton Saturation in MQW Structures; A. Miller, et al. Interferometer with Nonlinear Frequency Doubling Mirrors as Lossless All-Optical Switching Device; S. Saltiel, et al. Waveguide-Based Devices: Linear and Nonlinear Coupling; A.D. Boardman, K. Xie. Waveguide Mach-Zehnder Intensity Modulator Produced via Proton Exchange Technology in LiNbO3; S. Tonchev, et al. Evanescent Field Coupling Between a Single Mode Optical Fiber and a Planar Waveguide; A. Andreev, et al. 4. Pseudomorphic HETM. Pseudomorphic HETMS: Device Physics and Materials Layer Design; T. Grave. Basics of Pseudomorphic HETSM Technology and Numerical Simulation; A. Asenov, et al. Index.