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Fundamentals of Photoemission from Quantum Wells in Ultrathin Films and Quantum Well Wires of Various Nonparabolic Materials

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In chapter 1, the photoemission from wide-gap materials having parabolic energy bands under different physical conditions has been studied. For the purpose of in-depth study, in this chapter, the same has been investigated from QWs in UFs and QWWs of non-parabolic materials having different band structures. The journey towards the knowledge temple known as the photoelectric effect begins with the non-linear optical compounds which find applications in non-linear optics and light emitting diodes [1]. The quasi-cubic model can be used to investigate the symmetric properties of both the bands at the zone center of wave vector space of the same compound [2]. Including the anisotropic crystal potential in the Hamiltonian, and special features of the nonlinear optical compounds, Kildal [3] formulated the electron dispersion law under the assumptions of the isotropic momentum matrix and the isotropic spin orbit splitting constant, respectively, although the anisotropies in the two aforementioned band constants are the significant physical features of the said materials [4]. In Section 2.2.1, the photoemission from QWs in UFs and QWWs of nonlinear optical materials is investigated by considering the combined influence of the anisotropies of the said energy band constants together with the inclusion of the crystal field splitting.

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    Kamakhya Prasad Ghatak

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  3. Nano Scale Device Research Laboratory, Centre for Electronics Design and Technology Indian Institute of Science, 560012, Bangalore, India

    Sitangshu Bhattacharya

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Ghatak, K.P., De, D., Bhattacharya, S. (2009). Fundamentals of Photoemission from Quantum Wells in Ultrathin Films and Quantum Well Wires of Various Nonparabolic Materials. In: Photoemission from Optoelectronic Materials and their Nanostructures. Nanostructure Science and Technology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-78606-3_2

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