This revised and updated edition of the well-received book by C. Klingshirn provides an introduction to and an overview of all aspects of semiconductor optics, from IR to visible and UV. It has been split into two volumes and rearranged to offer a clearer structure of the course content. Inserts on important experimental techniques as well as sections on topical research have been added to support research-oriented teaching and learning. Volume 1 provides an introduction to the linear optical properties of semiconductors. The mathematical treatment has been kept as elementary as possible to allow an intuitive approach to the understanding of results of semiconductor spectroscopy. Building on the phenomenological model of the Lorentz oscillator, the book describes the interaction of light with fundamental optical excitations in semiconductors (phonons, free carriers, excitons). It also offers a broad review of seminal research results augmented by concise descriptions of the relevant experimental techniques, e.g., Fourier transform IR spectroscopy, ellipsometry, modulation spectroscopy and spatially resolved methods, to name a few. Further, it picks up on hot topics in current research, like quantum structures, mono-layer semiconductors or Perovskites. The experimental aspects of semiconductor optics are complemented by an in-depth discussion of group theory in solid-state optics. Covering subjects ranging from physics to materials science and optoelectronics, this book provides a lively and comprehensive introduction to semiconductor optics. With over 120 problems, more than 480 figures, abstracts to each chapter, as well as boxed inserts and a detailed index, it is intended for use in graduate courses in physics and neighboring sciences like material science and electrical engineering. It is also a valuable reference resource for doctoral and advanced researchers.

Describes various aspects of the optical properties of semiconductors with unprecedented clarity and vibrancy Focuses on the experimental point of view and applications Is a significantly updated and expanded new edition that has been split into two volumes: Volume 1Linear Optical Properties of Semiconductors, volume 2Nonlinear Optics, Dynamics, Photonic Applications

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Heinz Kalt studied Physics at the Universities of Bielefeld and Bonn and earned his doctoral degree in Physics from J.W. Goethe University in Frankfurt/Main in 1985. He stayed two years as a postdoc and visiting professor at Center for Applied Quantum Electronics of North Texas State University in Denton (USA). Studies of high-excitation phenomena and carrier dynamics in III-V multi-valley semiconductors commenced there were continued at Max Planck Institute for Solid-State Research and at University Kaiserslautern. These investigations formed the basis of his Habilitation Thesis (1993) which was also published in Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences. A second research focus at this time were fundamental excitonic processes in the search for laser materials for the blue and visible spectral range. In 1994 Heinz Kalt was appointed Professor of Applied Physics at Universität Karlsruhe (TH) (now Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, KIT). Since then hisresearch interest included temporally and spatially resolved optical spectroscopy of semiconductor nano-structures, relaxation and transport dynamics of excitons, high-excitation effects, excitonic spin injection, storage and dynamics, ZnO nano-rods, random lasing, semiconductor micro-cavities, artificial organic light-harvesting complexes, optical whispering-gallery resonators, optical bio-sensing, polymer-based flexible photonics, spectroscopy of novel solar-cell absorber materials. H. Kalt has (co-)authored about 450 publications mainly in the field of semiconductor optics. Heinz Kalt served the academic community by holding various offices like Dean of the Physics Department at KIT, Dean of Studies of Karlsruhe School of Optics and Photonics (KSOP), Ombudsperson for good scientific praxis, as well as speaker and long-time elected member of the KIT Senate. He was a committed and well-respected lecturer mainly in the areas of solid-state optics, semiconductor physics and optoelectronics and supervised related thesis work of numerous students and doctoral candidates. Heinz Kalt retired in April 2023. Claus Klingshirn obtained his Diplom (1971) and Doctoral degrees (1975) at the university in Erlangen, with E. Mollwo. In 1975/76 he was postdoc in Strasbourg (S. Nikitine and B. Grun). From there he went to the University at Karlsruhe for his Habilitation, which he obtained in 1980. In the following he accepted various professorships: 1981 an associate professorship in Frankfurt/Main, 1987 full professorships at Kaiserslautern and from 1993 to his retirement in 2010 at Karlsruhe. He spent sabbaticals for a few months at Bell Labs, Holmdel (1986) and at Harvard (1996) with D. S. Chemla and E. Mazur, respectively. The "backbone" of his scientific career was centred around the (non-)linear optical of (bi-) excitons in semiconductors, their behaviour at high densities, the transition to an electron hole plasma, their laser processes or dynamics, starting with ZnO in Erlangen, continuing with cuprous halides in Strasbourg and extending to other II-VI compounds at Karlsruhe, on III-V quantum structures in Holmdel. In the early 80ies he installed a subgroup on magnetooptical properties at the High Field Facility in Grenoble. In Frankfurt and Kaiserslautern he headed a subgroup growing epitaxial II-VI quantum wells and quantum dots in glasses. At both places he supervised also a subgroup on optical bistability, self-oscillations and chaos. In Karlsruhe he supervised with Heinz Kalt a subgroup growing ZnO nanorods and investigating their laser properties. Claus Klingshirn supervised about 120 Diplom-, 60 Doctorate- and a few Habilitation Theses. He (co-)authored more than 480 publications in refereed journals, conference proceedings or book chapters. He wrote the first four eds. of Semiconductor Optics, which isnow continued by H. Kalt. He is editor and coa

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Introduction.- Maxwell's Equations, Photons and the Density of States.- Interaction of Light with Matter.- Ensemble of Uncoupled Oscillators.- The Concept of Polaritons.- KramersKronig Relations.- Crystals, Lattices, Lattice Vibrations and Phonons.- Electrons in a Periodic Crystal.- Excitons, Biexcitons and Trions.- Plasmons, Magnons and Some Further Elementary Excitations.- Optical Properties of Phonons.- Optical Properties of Plasmons, Plasmon-Phonon Mixed States and of Magnons.- Optical Properties of Intrinsic Excitons in Bulk Semiconductors.- Optical Properties of Bound and Localized Excitons and of Defect States.- Optical Properties of Excitons in Structures of Reduced Dimensionality.- Excitons Under the Influence of External Fields.- From Cavity Polaritons to Photonic Crystals.-Review of the Linear Optical Properties.- Appendix.- Index.