Semiconductor nanostructures are a field of enormous and still-growing research interest. On one hand, they are already realized in mass products, e.g., in high-electron-mobility field-effect transistors and quantum-well lasers. On the other hand, they allow, in specially tailored systems, the investigation of fundamental properties, such as many-particle interactions of electrons in reduced dimensions. This book attempts to fill the gap between general semiconductor textbooks and research articles. It provides (i) an introduction into the basic concepts of inelastic light scattering on semiconductor nanostructures and into their fabrication and basic properties, and, (ii) a description of the most striking recent advances in this field. Each chapter is as self-contained as possible. The monograph should interest researchers, experimentalists as well as theorists, and research students working in the field. It should also be interesting for graduate students with knowledge in solid-state physics and quantum mechanics who are interested in optical spectroscopies of semiconductors.

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Autorentext
Christian Schüller, geboren 1958 in Wien. Nach einem nicht beendeten Studium der Linguistik ging er als ORF-Korrespondent in die USA und berichtete danach mehrere Jahre als freier Journalist aus Lateinamerika. 1987 - 1994 war er ORF-Korrespondent in Moskau, wo er u. a. den Zusammenbruch der Sowjetunion erlebte. Seit 15 Jahren leitet er die Reportage-Reihe "Am Schauplatz" im ORF.

Inhalt
Basic Concepts.- Fundamentals of Semiconductors and Nanostructures.- Electronic Elementary Excitations.- Basic Concepts of Inelastic Light Scattering, Experiments on Quantum Wells.- Recent Advances.- Quantum Dots: Spectroscopy of Artificial Atoms.- Quantum Wires: Interacting Quantum Liquids.- TunnelingCoupled Systems.- Inelastic Light Scattering in Microcavities.- Kronecker Products of Dipole Matrix Elements I.- Kronecker Products of Dipole Matrix Elements II.