Download or read book Capture and Relaxation in Self-Assembled Semiconductor Quantum Dots written by Robson Ferreira and published by Morgan & Claypool Publishers. This book was released on 2016-02-23 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an overview of different models and mechanisms developed to describe the capture and relaxation of carriers in quantum-dot systems. Despite their undisputed importance, the mechanisms leading to population and energy exchanges between a quantum dot and its environment are not yet fully understood. The authors develop a first-order approach to such effects, using elementary quantum mechanics and an introduction to the physics of semiconductors. The book results from a series of lectures given by the authors at the Master’s level.