Front Cover; Synthetic Modulated Structures; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; PREFACE; PART I: GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS; CHAPTER 1. HISTORY AND PERSPECTIVE OF SEMICONDUCTOR SUPERLATTICES ; I. INTRODUCTION; II. EARLY PERIOD; III. IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS ; IV. SUMMARY; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 2. STRUCTURE OF CHEMICALLY MODULATED FILMS; I. INTRODUCTION; II. QUALITATIVE DESCRIPTION OF MULTILAYERS; III. X-RAY DIFFRACTION FROM MULTILAYERS; IV. SURVEY OF MULTILAYERS; REFERENCES; PART II: SEMICONDUCTORS ; CHAPTER 3. ASPECTS OF THE THEORY OF SUPERLATTICES; I. INTRODUCTION.

II. GENERAL CONCEPTSIII. CALCULATION OF ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; IV. ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; V. PHONONS; VI. OTHER PROPERTIES; VII. CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 4. COMPOSITIONALLY MODULATED SUPERLATTICES; I. INTRODUCTION; II. THEORETICAL CONSIDERATION; III. FABRICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION; IV. ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 5. DOPING (n -- i -- p -- i) SUPERLATTICES ; I. INTRODUCTION; II. THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS; III. PREPARATION OF GaAs DOPING SUPERLATTICES; IV. EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS; V. CONCLUDING REMARKS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 6. MODULATION-DOPED SEMICONDUCTORS; I. INTRODUCTION.

Ii. principles of modulation dopingiii. growth and measurement techniques; iv. carrier mobilities; v. two-dimensional phenomena in modulation-doped structures; vi. conclusions; references; chapter 7. quantum-well heterostructure lasers ; i. introduction; ii. quantum-size effects; iii. the iii-v qwh laser crystal; iv. electron-hole collection in a quantum well; v. quantum-well band filling; vi. phonon-assisted laser operation; vii. continuous 300-k qwh laser operation; viii. fundamental effects; references; part iii: metals.

Chapter 8. synthesis of multilayer structures by physical vapor deposition techniquesi. introduction; ii. definitions of structural relationships: substrate-deposited film; iii. intrinsic deposition process characteristics; iv. multilayer synthesis technology; v. multilayer x-ray optics; vi. summary; references; chapter 9. electronic and magnetic properties of metallic superlattices; i. introduction; ii. sample preparation; iii. x-ray characterization; iv. electrical transport; v. magnetic properties; vi. summary; references; chapter 10. synthetically layered superconductors; i. introduction.

II. CLASSIFICATION OF SYNTHETICALLY LAYERED SUPERCONDUCTORSIII. EFFECTS OF LAYERING ON THE PAIR WAVE FUNCTION -- PHENOMENOLOGICAL THEORIES OF LAYERED SUPERCONDUCTORS; IV. EFFECT OF LAYERING ON THE SINGLE-PARTICLE EXCITATIONS; V. EFFECTS OF LAYERING ON Tc; VI. EXPERIMENTS TO DATE; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 11. DIFFUSION; I. INTRODUCTION; II. THEORY; III. EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS; IV. DISCUSSION; V. CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; INDEX; MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY.