1 Introduction |
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Part I Basic Concepts |
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2 Fundamentals of Semiconductors and Nanostructures |
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2.1 III-V Semiconductors: Crystal and Band Structure |
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2.2 Electrons in Three, Two, One, and Zero Dimensions |
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2.3 Layered Growth of Semiconductors: Vertical Nanostructures |
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2.3.1 MolecularBeam Epitaxy (MBE) |
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2.4 Electronic Ground State of Vertical Nanostructures |
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2.4.1 Envelope Function Approximation (EFA) |
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2.4.2 SelfConsistent Band Structure Calculation |
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2.5 Lateral Micro- and Nanostructures |
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30 | (1) |
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2.5.2 Lithography and Etching |
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2.5.3 SelfAssembled Quantum Dots |
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2.6 Electronic Ground State of Lateral Nanostructures |
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38 | (3) |
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3 Electronic Elementary Excitations |
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3.1 SingleParticle Continua |
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42 | (1) |
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3.2 ElectronDensity Waves: Phenomenology of Collective Charge and SpinDensity Excitations |
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3.3 Collective Excitations: Theoretical Models |
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3.3.1 Basic Ideas of RPA and TDLDA |
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3.3.2 Application to TwoSubband System |
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3.3.3 PlasmonLO Phonon Coupling |
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4 Basic Concepts of Inelastic Light Scattering, Experiments on Quantum Wells |
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57 | (5) |
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57 | (2) |
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4.1.2 Macroscopic Point of View |
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4.1.3 DissipationFluctuation Analysis |
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4.2 Microscopic Approach, Polarization Selection Rules |
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4.2.1 Two- and Three-Step Scattering Processes |
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4.2.2 Scattering Cross Section: General Considerations |
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4.2.3 Scattering by Crystal Electrons: Polarization Selection Rules |
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4.2.4 Parity Selection Rules in Nanostructures |
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4.2.5 Intrasubband Excitations, Grating CouplerAssisted Scattering |
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4.2.6 Multiple Cyclotron Resonance Excitations in Quantum Wells |
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Part II Recent Advances |
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5 Quantum Dots: Spectroscopy of Artificial Atoms |
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5.2 Semiconductor Quantum Dots |
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5.2.1 Preparation of Quantum Dots |
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5.2.2 Electronic Ground State and Excitations |
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5.3 GaAsA1GaAs Deep-Etched Quantum Dots |
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5.3.1 Parity Selection Rules in Quantum Dots |
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5.3.2 Fine Structure in Quantum Dots |
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5.3.3 The Important Role of Extreme Resonance |
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5.3.4 Calculations for Few-Electron Quantum Dots |
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5.4 InAs Self-Assembled Quantum Dots |
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5.4.1 FewElectron QuantumDot Atoms |
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5.4.2 Electronic Excitations in InAs SAQD |
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5.4.3 Comparison with Exact Calculations |
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6 Quantum Wires: Interacting Quantum Liquids |
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6.2 Electronic Elementary Excitations in Quantum Wires |
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6.2.1 Ground State and Excitations |
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6.2.2 Experimental Spectra and WaveVector Dependence |
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6.3 Confined and Propagating 1D Plasmons in a Magnetic Field |
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6.3.1 Microscopic Picture for Confined Plasmons |
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6.3.2 Coupling with Bernstein Modes |
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6.4 Towards the Tomonaga-Luttinger Liquid? |
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142 | (3) |
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7 Tunneling-Coupled Systems |
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145 | (1) |
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7.2 Charge-Density Excitation Spectrum in Tunneling-Coupled Double Quantum Wells |
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7.3 Experiments on Tunable GaAs-AlGaAs Double Quantum Wells |
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7.4 Vertically-Coupled Quantum Wires |
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158 | (3) |
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8 Inelastic Light Scattering in Microcavities |
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161 | (10) |
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161 | (1) |
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8.2 2DES Inside a Semiconductor Microcavity |
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8.3 Optical Double-Resonance Experiments |
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Part III Appendix |
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Kronecker Products of Dipole Matrix Elements I |
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Kronecker Products of Dipole Matrix Elements II |
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173 | (2) |
Index |
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