Applied Solid State Science

List of Contributors

Preface

Contents of Previous Volumes

Articles Planned for Future Volumes

Physics of Multilayer-Gate IGFET Memories

I. Introduction

II. IGFET Characteristics

III. Oxide Instabilities

IV. Current Transport through Insulators

V. The Memory Element

References

Acousto-optics

I. Introduction

II. General Formulation

III. Strong Interaction

IV. Weak Interaction

V. Materials

VI. Applications

VII. Special Topics

Appendix A

Appendix Β

References

Drift Velocity and Trapping in Semiconductors—Transient Charge Technique

I. Introduction

II. Experimental Method

III. Drift Velocity

IV. Trapping Processes

V. Overview

Appendix A. Circuit Considerations

Appendix B. Transient Response

Appendix C. Pulse Rise Time

Appendix D. Measurement of the Energy to Create a Pair in Silicon, Germanium, and CdTe

References

Electrooptical and Nonlinear Optical Properties of Crystals

I. Introduction

II. Phenomenological Description of Electrooptic Phenomena

III. Frequency Dependence of the Electrooptic Effect

IV. Electronic Electrooptic Effect (Nonlinear Optic Effect)

V. Theory of the Electrooptic Effect

VI. Tabulation of Experimental Electrooptic Data

VII. Electrooptic Device Considerations

VIII. Conclusions

List of Symbols

Note Added in Proof

References

Author Index

Subject Index