Front Cover; Semiconductors and Semimetals: Physics of III-V Compounds; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; Contents of Other Volumes; PART I: THERMAL PHENOMENA I; Chapter 1. Thermal Conductivity; I. Introduction; II. Theory; III. Measurement Techniques; IV. Thermal Conduction in Various III-V Compounds; V. Special Effects; VI. Summary; VII. Conclusions; Chapter 2. Thermal Expansion; I. Introduction; II. Experimental Results; III. Calculation of the Grüneisen Parameter; Chapter 3. Heat Capacity and Debye Temperatures; I. Introduction; II. Heat Capacity.

III. Debye Temperature TDPART II: PHYSICAL PROPERTIES I; Chapter 4. Lattice Constants; I. Introduction; II. Measurement of Lattice Constants; III. Summary; Chapter 5. Elastic Properties; I. Introduction; II. Thermodynamic and Atomistic Aspects; III. The Propagation of Elastic Waves; IV. Effects of Carrier Concentration on the Elastic Constants; V. Experimental Results; VI. Conclusion; Chapter 6. Low Energy Electron Diffraction Studies; I. Introduction; II. Experimental Techniques; III. Results; IV. Conclusions; PART III: MAGNETIC RESONANCES; Chapter 7. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance.

I. IntroductionII. NMR Absorption Line; III. Relaxation, Saturation, and Polarization; Appendix; Chapter 8. Electron Paramagnetic Resonance; I. Introduction; II. The Paramagnetic Resonance Condition and the Spin Hamiltonian; III. Gallium Arsenide; IV. Indium Antimonide; V. Gallium Phosphide; VI. Résumé and Concluding Remarks; PART IV: PHOTOELECTRIC EFFECTS; Chapter 9. Photoconduction in III-V Compounds; I. Introduction; II. Theory; III. Experimental Results; List of Symbols; Chapter 10. Quantum Efficiency of the Internal Photoelectric Effect in InSb; I. Introduction; II. Experimental.

III. TheoryIV. Discussion; Chapter 11. Photoelectric Threshold and Work Function; I. Introduction and Discussion; II. Measurement Techniques; III. Results and Discussion; PART V: PHOTON EMISSION; Chapter 12. Nonlinear Optics in III-V Compounds; I. Introduction; II. General Discussion; III. Theory; IV. Experiment; V. Conclusion; Chapter 13. Radiative Recombination in the III-V Compounds; I. Introduction; II. GaP; III. GaAs; IV. Other Compounds; V. Notes Added in Proof; Chapter 14. Stimulated Emission in Semiconductors; I. Introduction; II. Relation between Stimulated and Spontaneous Emission.

III. Laser StructuresIV. Modes, Directionality, and Coherence; V. Quantum Efficiency; VI. Radiation Confinement, Threshold, and Loss; VII. Laser Materials; VIII. Effects of Ambients and External Fields; Author Index; Subject Index.