1. Quantum-Mechanical Preliminaries. - 1. 1 Stationary States. - 1. 2 Second-order Time-Independent Perturbation Theory. - 1. 3 The Physical Interpretation of the Wavefunction. - 1. 4 Periodic Boundary Conditions. - 1. 5 The Density of States. - 1. 6 Approximations for Time-Dependent Problems. - 1. 7 Angular Momentum. - 1. 8 Group Theory. - 1. 9 Operator Algebra of the Harmonic Oscillator. - 1. 10 Suggested Reading. - 2. Bulk Semiconductor Bandstructure. - 2. 1 The One-Electron Approximation. - 2. 2 Bloch's Theorem. - 2. 3 The Tight Binding Method. - 2. 4 The 4 × 4 Effective Bond Orbital Model. - 2. 5 Spin-Orbit Interactions: the 8 × 8 EBOM. - 2. 6 The k p Theory. - 2. 7 Elasticity Theory. - 2. 8 Deformation Potential Theory. - 2. 9 Practical Simplifications. - 2. 10 Suggested Reading. - 3. Electronic States in Quantum Wells. - 3. 1 Normalization of the Bloch Functions. - 3. 2 The Multiband Envelope Function Approximation. - 3. 3 Heterestructures and Quantum Wells. - 3. 4 Conduction Subbands in Quantum wells. - 3. 5 Split-Off Subbands in Quantum Wells. - 3. 6 Heavy and Light Hole Subbands in Quantum Wells. - 3. 7 Summary of Quantum Well Bandstructure. - 3. 8 Suggested reading. - 4. Waveguiding in Semiconductor Lasers. - 4. 1 Optical Properties of Solids. - 4. 2 Rectangular Waveguides. - 4. 3 The Three-Layer Slab Waveguide. - 4. 4 Two-Dimensional Waveguides. - 4. 5 Waveguide Losses. - 4. 6 Suggested Reading. - 5. Interaction of Matter and Radiation. - 5. 1 Classical Electrodynamics. - 5. 2 Quantum Electrodynamics. - 5. 3 The Interaction of Electrons and Photons. - 5. 4 The Matrix Elements ??f???? ()?? i?. - 5. 5 Absorption and Emission Rates. - 5. 6 The Dipole Approximation. - 5. 7 Spontaneous Emission Lifetime. - 5. 8 Suggested Reading. - 6. Gain and Emission in Strained Quantum Well Lasers. - 6. 1 Thermodynamics of Electrons and Holesin Quantum Wells. - 6. 2 Optical Matrix Elements. - 6. 3 Spontaneous Emission Rates in Solids. - 6. 4 Material Gain in Solids. - 6. 5 Fabry-Perot Lasers. - 6. 6 Suggested Reading. - Appendices. - A-Lowdin Perturbation Theory. - B-Enumeration of the kp Matrix Elements by Representation. - B. 1 The Matrix Elements. - B. 2 The Matrix Elements. - B. 3 The Matrix Elements. - B. 4. 1. - B. 4. 2. - B. 4. 3. - B. 5 Summary. - C-Material Parameters of Several IIIV Compounds. Language: English