A semiconductor is a material with an electrical conductivity that is intermediate between that of an insulator and a conductor.
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Semiconductors :: Electronics

New Semiconductor Materials - Characteristics and Properties - This electronic archive from the Ioffe Institute contains frequently needed information for the most important semiconductor materials. The archive includes physical properties of semiconductors and heterostructures such as band, optical, electrical, mechanical, thermal and other properties.
Bell Labs: Quantum Cascade Laser - Introductory information on this new type of semiconductor laser by the people who invented the Quantum Cascade Laser in 1994.
Meta Description: [ When an electric current flows through a quantum-cascade laser, electrons cascade down an energy staircase emitting a photon at each step ]
Britney's Guide to Semiconductor Physics - Semiconductor physics with a bias towards semiconductor lasers.
Meta Description: [ Britney Spears lectures on semiconductor physics, radiative and non-radiative transitions, semiconductor lasers and VCSELs. ]
Philipps-University of Marburg: Experimental Semiconductor Group - Research on semicondunductors and semiconductor nanostructures, including ultrafast spectroscopy, spintronics, magnetic semiconductors and sample preparation and epitaxy.
Principles of Semiconductor Devices - Electronic text on the principles of semicondcutor devices.
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Quantum Dots and Hole Burning - This page introduces the Semiconductor Quantum Dots and the Spectral Hole Burning.
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Scientific American: Spintronics - A review article by David D. Awschalom, Michael E. Flatté and Nitin Samarth on a new type of semiconductor devices that function by using the spin of the electron.
Meta Description: [ Science and Technology at Scientific American.com: Spintronics -- Science and Technology from Scientific American: daily science news and technology news, science trivia, science experts, science newsletters, science shop, science books and more ]
Semiconductor physics: research and publications - Recent progress in semiconductor physics, focussing on two-dimensional electron systems (2DESs), the fractional quantum Hall effect (FQHE), and superlattices (SLs). A new field-effect transistor is described, fabricated by molecular beam epitaxy and cleaved-edge overgrowth.
Meta Description: [ Homepage von Rainer A. Deutschmann ]
Spectra Database - Program and database for multifrequency absorption spectra of semiconductors and dielectrics.
Meta Description: [ Компьютерное моделирование полного абсорбционного электромагнитного спектра веществ в конденсированном состоянии ]
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The Semiconductor Subway - Provides links to all manner of semiconductor and microsystems related information, including fabrication facilities, research activities, and standards work.
Universität Leipzig: Semiconductor Physics Group - Research on nanotechnology and self-assembling techniques for novel materials and devices based on atomic monolayers, quantum wires and quantum dots.
Meta Description: [ Homepage der Abteilung Halbleiterphysik an der Universität Leipzig, Homepage of the Semiconductor Physics Group at Universität Leipzig ]
University of Graz: Spintronics Research - Publications and description of spin and charge transport in semiconductors and spin relaxation in metals.
What are Semiconductors? - A workshop module on scientific principles, resources and references on semiconductors.
WinGreen - Simulation Package - WinGreen is a quantum transport simulation package for layered semiconductors. Free download.
Meta Description: [ Our group is concerned with the molecular beam epitaxial growth of III-V semiconductor materials and the investigation of quantum transport phenomena. Research activities, free download of the WinGreen simulation package, thesis jobs, publication list and contact addresses. ]
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