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Electron Spin Relaxation in Semiconductors
We review recent progress in the understanding of electron spin relaxation mechanisms in zinc-blende semiconductors. Increased spin lifetimes are...
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Electronic Structure of Rare Earth Oxides
The electronic structures of dioxides, REO2, and sesquioxides, RE2O3, of the rare earths, RE=Ce, Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy and Ho, are...
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Switched Stabilization of a Hovercraft
In this chapter we consider the problem of stabilizing a hovercraft with two different switched strategies. The first control algorithm is based on...
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Output Feedback Stabilization of a Mobile Robot
In all the previous chapters, we assumed full-state information for the purpose of controller synthesis. Here we propose an observer scheme for one...
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Empirical Molecular Dynamics: Possibilities, Requirements, and Limitations
Classical molecular dynamics enables atomistic structure simulations of nanoscopic systems to be made. The method is extremely powerful in solving...
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Alternative Control Strategies for the NI
In this chapter we propose three alternative control strategies to stabilize the NI. These control strategies are switched and time-varying in...
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Defect Theory: An Armchair History
This introductory chapter begins with a summary of the developments of the theory of defects in semiconductors in the past 50 years. This is followed...
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Quasiparticle Calculations for Point Defects at Semiconductor Surfaces
We present a quantitative parameter-free method for calculating defect states and charge-transition levels of point defects in semiconductors. It...
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Optical Techniques for Local Measurement
Optical measurement techniques are well suited to many heat transfer problems, insofar as they are non-contact and generally non-invasive. Far-field...
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Molecular Dynamics
The aim in this Chapter is to show how molecular dynamics can be used to study conductive heat transfer in matter in terms of an atomic description...
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Introduction to Radiative Transfer
The aim of this Chapter is to introduce concepts and methods for modelling radiative transfer on short length scales. Electromagnetic radiation...
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Hybrid Techniquesand Multipurpose Microscopes
In this Chapter we discuss microscopes able to achieve submicron resolution using thermoelastic effects. Section 1 reviews the physical effects that...
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Solution of the Boltzmann Equationfor Phonon Transport
We discuss two popular methods for solving the radiative transfer equation in the field of thermal radiation, which can be used to calculate...
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Scanning Thermal Microscopy
Fundamental research and continued miniaturisation of systems (materials or components) have instigated and still require today the development of...
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Light Induced Effects in Amorphous and Glassy Solids
In this Chapter, we discuss how exposure to light can affect the properties of disordered materials and review our recent computational studies of...
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Defects in Amorphous Semiconductors: Amorphous Silicon
Defects in disordered (amorphous) semiconductors are discussed, with an emphasis on hydrogenated amorphous silicon. The general differences between...
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Dynamical Matrices and Free Energies
The calculation of the entire dynamical matrix of a periodic supercell (containing a defect or not) provides several most useful pieces of...
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Multiscale Modeling of Defectsin Semiconductors:A Novel Molecular-Dynamics Scheme
Now that the modeling of simple semiconductor systems has become reliable, accurate and routine, attention is focusing on larger scale, more complex...
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Supercell Methods for Defect Calculations
Periodic boundary conditions enable fast density-functional-based calculations for defects and their complexes in semiconductors. Such calculations...
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Electrical Characterization of Rare Earth Oxides Grown by Atomic Layer Deposition
In this contribution, we investigate the electrical properties of thin (3–30 nm) Lu2O3 and Yb2O3 oxides grown on silicon by atomic layer depostion....