Lecture 3 Semiconductor__ materials-0801-0802.pptVIP

2006-11-23 Guangdong University of technology Specialized English School of Physics Optoelectronic Engineering Semiconductor Physics 1.1 Energy Bands and Carrier Concentration 1.1.1 Semiconductor Materials Solid state materials can be grouped into three classes-insulators, semiconductors, and conductors. Figure 1-1 shows the electrical conductivities (电导率）σ (and the corresponding resistivities（电阻率）ρ=1/ σ) associated with some important materials in each of the three classes. Insulators such as fused quartz and glass have very low conductivities, in the order of 1E-18 to 1E-8 S/cm; an