Semiconductor Optics 1 (5^th Ed., 5th ed. 2019) Linear Optical Properties of Semiconductors Graduate Texts in Physics Series

This revised and updated edition of the well-received book by C. Klingshirn provides an introduction to and an overview of all aspects of semiconductor optics, from IR to visible and UV. It has been split into two volumes and rearranged to offer a clearer structure of the course content. Inserts on important experimental techniques as well as sections on topical research have been added to support research-oriented teaching and learning. 

Covering subjects ranging from physics to materials science and optoelectronics, this book provides a lively and comprehensive introduction to semiconductor optics. With over 120 problems, more than 480 figures, abstracts to each chapter, as well as boxed inserts and a detailed index, it is intended for use in graduate courses in physics and neighboring sciences like material science and electrical engineering. It is also a valuable reference resource for doctoral and advanced researchers.

Heinz Kalt studied Physics at the Universities of Bielefeld and Bonn. He earned his doctoral degree in Physics from J.W. Goethe University in Frankfurt/Main in 1985 for a Dissertation (supervised by C. Klingshirn) on laser-induced gratings in CdS. During a postdoc stay at Center for Applied Quantum Electronics of North Texas State University in Denton (USA) he studied high-excitation phenomena and carrier dynamics in III–V semiconductors in the group of A. Smirl. There he also gave his first lecture on semiconductor optics to graduate students. H. Kalt continued his research work at Max Planck Institute for Solid-State Research in the group of W. Rühle and H.J. Queisser and at University Kaiserslautern again with C. Klingshirn. His investigations on optical properties of III–V multi-valley semiconductors formed the basis of his Habilitation Thesis (1993) which was also published in Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences. A second research focus in this time was the understanding of fundamental exciton and pair recombination mechanisms in the search for laser materials for the blue and visible spectral range.

In 1994 Heinz Kalt was appointed Professor of Applied Physics at Universität Karlsruhe (TH) (now Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, KIT). Since then his research interest included temporally and spatially resolved optical spectroscopy of semiconductor nano-structures, relaxation and transport dynamics of excitons, high-excitation effects, excitonic spin injection, storage and dynamics,  ZnO nano-rods, random lasing, semiconductor micro-cavities,  artificial organic light-harvesting complexes, optical whispering-gallery resonators, optical bio-sensing, polymer-based flexible photonics, modulation spectroscopy, and novel absorber materials for thin-film solar cells. H. Kalt has (co-)authored more than 350 publications mainly in the field of semiconductor optics.

Heinz Kalt served as Dean of the Physics Department at KIT and a