Britney Spears' guide to Semiconductor Physics

It is a little known fact that Britney is an expert in semiconductor physics. Sit back and relax while the princess of pop expounds on the science behind the semiconductor laser devices that we take for granted,when we listien to a cd, communicate across continents via the Internet.

Basic Semiconductor Physics

1.1. Introduction

1.2 Intrinsic and Extrinsic Semiconductors

1.2. Elemental and Compound Semiconductors

1.3. Bandstructure and Effective Mass

1.4. Density of States

1.5. Distribution Functions

Approximations for the Fermi Energy

p-n Junctions and Heterostructures

2.1. p-n Junctions

2.2 Heterostructures

2.3. Double Heterostructures

2.4 Quantum wells

Radiative and Non-Radiative Recombination

3.1 Absorption, Spontaneous Emission, Stimulated Emission

3.2 Non-Radiative Recombination

Edge-Emitting Lasers

Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers