Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Lifetime of Research on Nitrides -- Alone in the Wilderness -- 1 Development and Applications of Wide Bandgap Semiconductors -- 1.1 Optical Devices -- 1.1.1 Wide Bandgap Semiconductors Indispensable for Short Wavelength Optical Devices -- 1.1.2 Control of the Physical Properties of III-V Nitrides and II-VI Semiconductors -- 1.1.3 Other Characteristics and Trends of Wide Bandgap Semiconductor Optical Devices -- 1.2 Electronic Devices -- 1.2.1 Silicon Carbide Electronic Devices -- 1.2.2 Nitride Compound Semiconductor Electron Devices -- References -- 2 Fundamental Properties of Wide Bandgap Semiconductors -- 2.1 Crystals and Band Structure -- 2.1.1 IV-IV Group Semiconductors -- 2.1.2 II-VI Semiconductors -- 2.1.3 III-V Nitride Semiconductors -- 2.1.4 Heterostructures and Band Structure -- 2.1.5 Lattice Defects -- 2.2 Optical, Mechanical, and Thermal Properties of Wide Bandgap Semiconductors -- 2.2.1 Optical Properties -- 2.2.2 Quantum Structure of Wide Bandgap Semiconductors -- 2.2.3 Lattice Constants of Semiconductors -- 2.2.4 Mechanical and Thermal Properties of Semiconductors -- 2.3 Electrical Properties of Wide Bandgap Semiconductors -- 2.3.1 Doping Technology -- 2.3.2 Mobility of Electrons and Holes -- 2.3.3 Electrical Properties of SiC -- 2.3.4 Electrical Properties of GaN -- References -- 3 Photonic Devices -- 3.1 Physical Properties -- 3.1.1 Fundamental Properties of Optical Devices -- 3.1.2 Optical Gain and Laser Action -- 3.2 Visible LEDs -- 3.2.1 Visible AlGaInP LEDs -- 3.2.2 Visible GaN LEDs -- 3.2.3 BeZnSeTe-Based Green LEDs -- 3.3 Ultraviolet Devices -- 3.3.1 Issues Related to the Development of High Efficiency and Short Wavelength Ultraviolet LEDs -- 3.3.2 ZnO LEDs -- 3.3.3 Diamond Light Emitting Devices -- 3.3.4 AlN LEDs -- 3.3.5 Ultra Violet Photodetectors -- 3.4 White Light Emitting Devices -- 3.4.1 White LEDs for Illumination -- 3.4.2 Development Trends of Phosphors -- 3.4.3 Improvements of the Color Rendering of GaN-Based White LEDs -- 3.4.4 High Efficiency and High-Power LEDs -- 3.4.5 ZnSe-Based White LEDs -- 3.4.6 Applications and Prospects of White Light Emitting LEDs -- 3.5 Laser Diodes (LDs) -- 3.5.1 Blue/Violet Laser Diodes for Next Generation DVD Applications -- 3.5.2 Long Wavelength GaN-Based Laser Diodes -- 3.5.3 Advances in UV Laser Diodes -- 3.5.4 ZnSe Laser Diodes -- References -- 4 Electronic Devices -- 4.1 High Frequency Power Devices -- 4.1.1 Nitride Semiconductor High Frequency Power Devices -- 4.1.2 SiC -- 4.1.3 Diamond -- 4.2 High Breakdown Voltage, High Current Density Power Devices -- 4.2.1 GaN -- 4.2.2 SiC -- 4.3 New Functional Devices -- 4.3.1 Electron Emitters -- 4.3.2 Transparent Devices -- References -- 5 Novel Nano-Heterostructure Materials and Related Devices -- 5.1 Nanostructure Devices and Materials -- 5.1.1 Single Photon Devices -- 5.1.2 GaN Nanocolumn Light Emitting Devices
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"This book offers a comprehensive overview of the development, current state and future prospects of wide bandgap semiconductor materials and related optoelectronics devices. It includes an overview of recent developments in III-V nitride semiconductors, SiC, diamond, ZnO, II-IV materials and related devices including AIGa/GaN FET, UV LDs, white light LEDs, and cold electron emitters. With 901 references, 333 figures and 21 tables, this book will serve as a one-stop source of knowledge on wide bandgap semiconductors and related optoelectronics devices."--Jacket.