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Semiconductor Optics

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This introductory chapter consists of an outline of the fundamental concepts and ideas on which the text is based, including the rather limited prerequisites so that the reader can follow it and, finally, some hints about its contents.

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Klingshirn, C.F. (2012). Introduction. In: Semiconductor Optics. Graduate Texts in Physics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28362-8_1

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