This book is concerned with compound semiconductor bulk materials and has been written for students, researchers and engineers in material science and device fabrication. It offers them the elementary and intermediate knowledge of compound semiconductor bulk materials necessary for entering this field. In the first part, the book describes the physical properties, crystal growth technologies, principles of crystal growth, various defects in crystals, characterization techniques and applications. In the second and the third parts, the book reviews various compound semiconductor materials, including important industrial materials and the results of recent research.

This book is concerned with compound semiconductor bulk materials and has been written for students, researchers and engineers in material science and device fabrication. It offers them the elementary and intermediate knowledge of compound semiconductor bulk materials necessary for entering this field. In the first part, the book describes the physical properties, crystal growth technologies, principles of crystal growth, various defects in crystals, characterization techniques and applications. In the second and the third parts, the book reviews various compound semiconductor materials, including important industrial materials and the results of recent research.

This book is concerned with compound semiconductor bulk materials, and has been written for students, researchers and engineers in material science and device fabrication. It provides the elementary and intermediate knowledge of compound semiconductor bulk materials necessary for entry into this field. The first volume described the physical properties, crystal growth technologies, principles of crystal growth, various defects in crystals, characterization techniques and applications, and reviewed various III-V and II-V compound semiconductor materials. In this second volume, other materials are reviewed, including those that have recently received attention such as GaN, AlN, SiC and ZnO for optical and electronic devices.

Annotation This book is concerned with compound semiconductor bulk materials, and has been written for students, researchers and engineers in material science and device fabrication. It provides the elementary and intermediate knowledge of compound semiconductor bulk materials necessary for entry into this field. The first volume described the physical properties, crystal growth technologies, principles of crystal growth, various defects in crystals, characterization techniques and applications, and reviewed various III-V and II-V compound semiconductor materials. In this second volume, other materials are reviewed, including those that have recently received attention such as GaN, AlN, SiC and ZnO for optical and electronic devices.

Compound semiconductors such as Gallium Arsenide, Gallium Aluminum Arsenide, and Indium Phosphide are often difficult to characterize and present a variety of challenges from substrate preparation, to epitaxial growth to dielectric film deposition to dopant introduction. This book reviews the common classes of compound semiconductors, their physical, optical and electrical properties and the various types of methods used for characterizing them when analyzing for defects and application problems. The book features: -- Characterization of III-V Thin Films for Electronic and Optical applications -- Characterization of Dielectric Insulating Film layers -- A Special case study on Deep Level Transient Spectroscopy on GaAs -- Concise summaries of major characterization technologies for compound semiconductor materials, including Auger Electron Spectroscopy, Ballistic Electron Emission Microscopy, Energy-Dispersive X-Ray Spectroscopy, Neutron Activation Analysis and Raman Spectroscopy

The book describes developments in the crystal growth of bulk II-VI semiconductor materials. A fundamental, systematic, and in-depth study of the physical vapor transport (PVT) growth process is the key to producing high-quality single crystals of semiconductors. As such, the book offers a comprehensive overview of the extensive studies on ZnSe and related II-VI wide bandgap compound semiconductors, such as CdS, CdTe, ZnTe, ZnSeTe and ZnSeS. Further, it shows the detailed steps for the growth of bulk crystals enabling optical devices which can operate in the visible spectrum for applications such as blue light emitting diodes, lasers for optical displays and in the mid-IR wavelength range, high density recording, and military communications. The book then discusses the advantages of crystallization from vapor compared to the conventional melt growth: lower processing temperatures, the purification process associated with PVT, and the improved surface morphology of the grown crystals, as well as the necessary drawbacks to the PVT process, such as the low and inconsistent growth rates and the low yield of single crystals. By presenting in-situ measurements of transport rate, partial pressures and interferometry, as well as visual observations, the book provides detailed insights into in the kinetics during the PVT process. This book is intended for graduate students and professionals in materials science as well as engineers preparing and developing optical devices with semiconductors.