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Excitons, Photons, and Their Coupling

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Interplay between Elementary and Composite Bosons

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

AvMonique Combescot,Shiue-Yuan Shiau

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This book embarks on an exploration of the interplay between excitons, which are the fundamental excitations in semiconductors, and photons, which are the electromagnetic quanta, providing fresh insights into light-matter interaction. Covering the basic principles of semiconductor electronic structures in a detailed yet accessible way, this book provides a pedagogical introduction to the various Coulomb interactions between electrons and holes, which are the two semiconductor key particles, as well as the mathematical tools to study their many-body effects. It untangles the tricky excitonic physics that develops from the interplay between Coulomb and electron-photon interactions, which differentiates bright from dark excitons or leads to the bosonic modes known as exciton-polaritons. A unique re-examination of well-established concepts, this book provides original presentations of fundamental questions, such as the polariton vacuum or the deceptively simple exciton creation through photon absorption. Whether you are a student eager to learn from step-by-step derivations or an experienced physicist seeking to refine your knowledge, this book will serve as an invaluable guide to mastering the microscopic physics of semiconductors, an important material in modern technologies.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-08-05
Mått171 x 246 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieOxford Graduate Texts
Antal sidor736
FörlagOUP OXFORD
ISBN9780198926641

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Monique Combescot is a former student of the École Normale Supérieure in Paris, France, where she majored in Maths and Physics. In 1973, she obtained her PhD in many-body theory from the University of Paris, France. Following a two-year postdoc at Cornell University, USA, she returned to Paris, taking up a research position at the CNRS. She has taught many undergraduate courses at various universities and engineering schools. In the last two decades, she has also taught graduate courses in Paris and in many other places around the world.Shiue-Yuan Shiau obtained BSc in 1998 and his MSc in 2002 from National Taiwan University. He received his PhD in physics in 2007 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Following several postdoctoral positions in France, Singapore, and Taiwan, he is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Luxembourg.

1: Highlights of the bookPART I - EXCITONS2: Some ideas on excitons3: Exciton phenomenology4: Semiconductor microscopy5: Wannier excitons6: Exciton many-body effectsPART II - PHOTONS7: Classical electrodynamics in vacuum8: Semiclassical electrodynamics9: Quantum electrodynamics10: Maxwell equations in matterPART III - EXCITON-PHOTON COUPLING11: Photon couplings to excitons12: Exciton-polaritons13: Photon absorption14: Photocreation of excitonsPART IV - APPENDICESAppendix 1 - Second quantization formalismAppendix 2 - Large finite volumeAppendix 3 - Arbitrary (±i) phase factorsAppendix 4 - On wave vector quantizationAppendix 5 - Kronecker symbol and delta functionAppendix 6 - Fourier Series and IntegralsAppendix 7 - Bloch theoremAppendix 8 - Bloch electrons and Bloch functionsAppendix 9 - Coulomb interactions between electrons and holesAppendix 10 - On dielectric constant for long/short-range Coulomb processesAppendix 11 - Angular momenta: additions and matrix representationsAppendix 12 - From valence electrons to holesAppendix 13 - Spin-orbit prefactor: Thomas derivationAppendix 14 - The k · p methodAppendix 15 - Physics of negative masses for Bloch electronsAppendix 16 - Understanding the Kohn-Luttinger HamiltonianAppendix 17 - Coulomb scatterings involving heavy and light holesAppendix 18 - Schrödinger equation in D dimensionAppendix 19 - Number of exciton levels in a finite crystalAppendix 20 - Effect of hole mass difference on exciton degeneracyAppendix 21 - Interband Coulomb interaction, electron-hole pair exchange, and longitudinal-transverse exciton splittingAppendix 22 - Wannier electron statesAppendix 23 - One Wannier exciton through ladder diagramsAppendix 24 - Pauli and Coulomb scatterings between Wannier excitonsAppendix 25 - Reasons for not using the E · d coupling instead of A · pAppendix 26 - Rotating wave approximation versus quantizing the electromagnetic fieldAppendix 27 - On polarization vectorsAppendix 28 - Broadened absorption lineAppendix 29 - More on exciton-polaritonsAppendix 30 - Two coupled bosons with finite lifetime