PrefaceContents1. Space Lattices and Crystal Types1.1. Concept of Solid1.2. Unit Cells and Bravait Lattices1.3. Some Simple Crystal Structures1.4. Crystal Planes and Miller Indices1.5. Spacing of Planes in Crystal Lattices1.6. General Classification of Crystal Types

2. X-Ray Crystal Analysis2.1. Introduction2.2. Physics of X-Ray Diffraction2.3. The Atomic Scattering Factor2.4. The Geometrical Scattering Factor2.5. The Reciprocal Lattice2.6. The Bragg Condition in Terms of the Reciprocal Lattice

3. Dynamics of Crystal Lattices3.1. Elastic Vibrations of Continuous Media3.2. Group Velocity of Harmonic Wave Trains3.3. Wave Motion on a One-Dimensional Atomic Lattice3.4. The One-Dimensional Diatomic Lattice3.5. The Forbidden Frequency Region3.6. Optical Excitation of Lattice Vibrations in Ionic Crystals3.7. Binding Energy of Ionic Crystal Lattices

4. Outline of Quantum Mechanics4.1. Introduction4.2. Black Body Radiation4.3. The Photoelectric Effect4.4. Specific Heat of Solids4.5. The Bohr Atom4.6. De Broglie's Hypothesis and the Wavelike Properties of Matter4.7. Wave Mechanics4.8. The Time Dependence of the Wave Function4.9. The Free Particle and the Uncertainty Principle4.10. A Particle in an Infinitely Deep One-Dimensional Potential Well4.11. A Particle in a One-Dimensional Well of Finite Depth4.12. The One-Dimensional Harmonic Oscillator4.13. Orthogonality of Eigenfunctions and Superposition of States4.14. Expectation Values and Quantum Numbers4.15. The Hydrogen Atom4.16. Electron Spin, the Pauli Exclusion Principle and the Periodic System

5. Outline of Statistical Mechanics5.1. Introduction5.2. The Distribution Function and Density of Sates5.3. The Maxwell-Boltzmann Distribution5.4. Maxwell-Boltzmann Statistics of an Ideal Gas5.5. Fermi-Dirac Statistics5.6. The Bose-Einstein Distribution

6. Lattice Vibrations and the Thermal Properties of Crystals6.1. Classical Calculation of Lattice Specific Heat6.2. The Einstein Theory of Specific Heat6.3. The Debye Theory of Specific Heat6.4. The Phonon6.5. Thermal Expansion of Solids6.6. Lattice Thermal Conductivity of Solids

7. The Free Electron Theory of Metals7.1. Introduction7.2. The Boltzmann Equation and the Mean Free Path7.3. Electrical Conductivity of a Free-Electron Gas7.4. Thermal Conductivity and Thermoelectric Effects in Free Electron Systems7.5. Scattering Process7.6. The Hall Effect and Other Galvanomagnetic Effects7.7. The Thermal Capacity of Free-Electron Systems

8. Quantum Theory of Electrons in Periodic Lattices8.1. Introduction8.2. The Bloch Theorem8.3. The Kronnig-Penney Model of an Infinite One-Dimensional Crystal8.4. Crystal Momentum and Effective Mass8.5. Reduced Zone Representation; Electrons and Holes8.6. The Free Electron Approximation8.7. The Tight Binding Approximation8.8. Dynamics of Electrons in Two- and Three-Dimensional Lattices; Constant Energy Surfaces and Brillouin Zones8.9. Insulators, Semiconductors and Metals8.10. The Density of States Function and Phase Changes in Binary Alloys

9. Uniform Electronic Semiconductors in Equilibrium9.1. Semiconductors9.2. Intrinsic Semiconductors and Impurity Semiconductors9.3. Statistics of Holes and Electrons -The Case of the Intrinsic Semiconductor9.4. Ionization Energy of Impurity Centers9.5. Statistics of Impurity Semiconductors9.6. Case of Incomplete Ionization of Impurity Levels (Very Low Temperature)9.7. Conductivity9.8. The Hall Effect and Magnetoresistance9.9. Cyclotron Resonance and Ellipsoidal Energy Surfaces9.10. Density of States, Conductivity and Hall Effect with Complex Energy Surfaces9.11. Scattering Mechanisms and Mobility of Charge Carriers

10. Excess Carriers in Semiconductors10.1. Introduction10.2. Transport Behaviour of Excess Carriers; The Continuity Equations10.3. Some Useful Particular Solutions of the Continuity Equation10.4. Drift Mobility and the Haynes-Shockley Experiment10.5. Surface Recombination and the Surface Boundary Condition10.6. Steady State Photoconductivity10.7. Transient Photoconductivity; Excess Carrier Lifetime10.8. Recombination Mechanisms; The Shockley-Read Theory of Recombination

11. Materials Technology and the Measurement of Bulk Properties11.1. Preparation of High-Purity Semiconductor Materials11.2. The Growth of Single Crystal Samples11.3. Measurement of Bulk Resistivity11.4. Measurement of Impurity Content and Mobility by the Hall Effect11.5. Measurement of Excess Carrier Lifetime11.6. Dislocations and othe Imperfections

12. Theory of Semiconductor pn-Junctions12.1. The pn-Junction12.2. The Equilibrium Internal Contact Potential12.3. Potentials and Fields in the Neighborhood of a pn-Junction12.4. Simplified Mathematical Model of the Abrupt pn-Junction12.5. Junction Capacitance; Determination of Interval Potential

13. pn-Junction Rectifiers and Transistors13.1. Theory of the pn-Junction Rectifier13.2. Currents and Fields in pn-Junction Rectifiers13.3. Junction Rectifiers of Finite Size; the Effect of Surfaces and Ohmic end Contacts13.4. Physical Mechanisms of Breakdown in pn-Junctions13.5. pn-Junction Fabrication Technology13.6. pnp and npn Junction Transistors

14. pn-Junctions at High Current Levels; the pin Rectifier14.1. pn-Junctions at High Current Densities14.2. The Analysis of the p+in+ Rectifier at High Current Levels14.3. Forward Voltage Drop in pin Rectifiers as a Function of Temperature

15. Other Semiconductor Devices15.1. The pn Photovoltaic Effect and the pn-Junction Photovoltaic Cells15.2. Other Photodevices; Phototransistors, Particle Detectors and Infrared Detectors15.3. pnpn Controlled Rectifiers15.4. Tunnel Diodes15.5. Unipolar or Field Effect Transistors

16. Metal-Semiconductor Contacts and Semiconductor Surfaces16.1. Metal-Semiconductor Contacts in Equilibrium16.2. Metal-Semiconductor Contact Rectification16.3. Surface States and the Independence of Rectifying Properties of Work Functions16.4. Potential, Charge and Field within a Semiconductor Surface Layer16.5. Surface Conductivity, Field Effect and Surface Mobility; Properties of Actual Semiconductor Surfaces

Appendix A. The Dirac Delta FunctionAppendix B. Tensor AnalysisIndex of NamesIndex of Subjects