Lectures on the Electrical Properties of Materials
4th Edition
Published on 1. June 1988
Book
Paperback/Softback
480 pages
978-0-19-856192-7 (ISBN)
Description
This book comprises a collection of lectures which aims to stress the fundamental ideas relevant to the understanding of the electrical properties of materials. Topics explain the operation of devices with applications in engineering. The mathematical treatment is kept simple by choosing the simplest model that can display the essential properties of a phenomenon and then examining the difference between the ideal and the actual behaviour. This fourth edition has updated information on the technology of semiconductor and laser devices and a new chapter on optoelectronics. It also covers recent developments in the field of superconductivity, and new problems and examples throughout the text have been added. The "Solutions Manual" is available separately - ISBN 0-19-856221-7. This book may be of interest to students and post-graduates in electrical and electronic engineering and physics, and practising engineers .
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Edition
4th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
258 line drawings, 2 half-tones, bibliography, index
ISBN-13
978-0-19-856192-7 (9780198561927)
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Persons
Content
Part 1 The electron as a particle: including the effect of an electric field - conductivity and Ohm's law, the Hall effect, cyclotron resonance, plasma waves. Part 2 The electron as a wave. Part 3 The electron: including Schrodinger's equation. Part 4 The hydrogen atom and the periodic table: including quantum numbers, electron spin and Pauli's exclusion principle. Part 5 Bonds: including the covalent bond, the Van der Waals bond, Feynman's coupled mode approach. Part 6 The free electron theory of metals: including the density of states and the Fermi-Dirac distribution, thermionic emission, the Schottky effect, the photoelectric effect, Quartz-halogen lamps. Part 7 The band theory of solids: including the Kronig-Penney model, the Ziman model, the Feynman model. Part 8 Semiconductors. Part 9 Principles of semiconductor devices: including the Zener diode and the avalanche diode,the Gunn effect. Part 10 Dielectric materials: including the Debye equation, the Xerox process. Part 11 Magnetic materials: including domains and the hysteresis curve, the Stern-Gerlach experiment. Part 12: Lasers. Part 13 Optoelectronics: including nonlinear Fabry-Perot cavities. Part 14 Superconductivity: including the Landau-Ginzburg theory.