Electron and photon confinement in semiconductor nanostructures : proceedings of the International School of Physics "Enrico Fermi", Course CL, Varenna on Lake Como, Villa Monastero, 25 June - 5 July 2002

by Benoit Deveaud-Pledran (Editor), A. Quattropani

The purpose of this course was to give an overview of the physics of artificial semiconductor structures confining electrons and photons. It furnishes the background for several applications in particular in the domain of optical devices, lasers, light emitting diodes or photonic crystals. The effects related to the microactivity polaritons, which are mixed electromagnetic radiation-exciton states inside a semiconconductor microactivity are covered. The study of the characteristics of such states shows strong relations with the domain of cavity quantum electrodynamics and thus with the investigation of some fundamental theoretical concepts.

450 pages, Hardcover

First published August 1, 2003