Optics of Quantum Dots and Wires (Artech House Solid-State Technology Library)

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Summary: The State of the Art as it Exists Today
Review: In the late 1970's the physics and engineering came together to enable the construction of a new generation of optoelectronic devices with enhanced performance such as the quantuum well lasers. The physical theory said that this could be done and the mechanical assembly of semiconductors using the epitaxial growth of planar structures which enabled monolayer thickness made the devices practical. Enhancement of the techniques since has driven down the price of components dramatically downward (the low price of CD-ROM readers and players is the result). While the thickness of the layers has been easy to control, the other two dimensions has proven much more difficult.

In the past few years, new techniques have come into being that offer great promise in the fabrication of devices that are not planer (two dimensional) but linear (one dimensional - a wire) or even a single dot (of almost no dimension).

This book, edited by Dr. Glenn Solomon of Stanford and Dr. Garnett Bryant of NIST researchers from around the world have contributed chapters that cover the state of the art in how quantum dots and wires are fabricated and applied to optics. This is as cutting-edge a book on the subject as is possible to put together today.