3. A textbook for use in graduate-level instruction in this field
4. A reference for technical managers and even technical support/technical sales personnel in the
semiconductor industry
It is assumed that the reader has some modest background in semiconductor physics and semiconductor
devices (at the advanced undergraduate level), but each chapter is self-contained in its treatment.
In this age of extreme activity, in which we are all seriously pressed for time and overworked, my
success in getting such a large collection of rather famous people to commit their precious time to my
vision for this project was immensely satisfying. I am happy to say that my authors made the process
quite painless, and I am extremely grateful for their help. The list of contributors to this book actually
reads like a global ‘‘who’s who’’ of the silicon heterostructure field, and is impressive by any standard.
I would like to formally thank each of my colleagues for their hard work and dedication to executing my
vision of producing a lasting Si heterostructure ‘‘bible.’’ In order of appearance, the ‘‘gurus’’ of our field
include:
Guofu Niu, Auburn University, USA
David R. Greenberg, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, USA
Jae-Sung Rieh, Korea University, South Korea
Greg Freeman, IBM Microelectronics, USA
Andreas Stricker, IBM Microelectronics, USA
Kern (Ken) Rim, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, USA
Scott E. Thompson, University of Florida, USA
Sanjay Banerjee, University of Texas at Austin, USA
Soichiro Tsujino, Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland
Detlev Gru¨tzmacher, Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland
Ulf Gennser, CNRS-LPN, France
Erich Kasper, University of Stuttgart, Germany
Michael Oehme, University of Stuttgart, Germany
Eugene A. Fitzgerald, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Robert Hull, University of Virginia, USA
Kang L. Wang, University of California at Los Angeles, USA
S. Tong, University of California at Los Angeles, USA
H.J. Kim, University of California at Los Angeles, USA
Lorenzo Colace, University ‘‘Roma Tre,’’ Italy
Gianlorenzo Masini, University ‘‘Roma Tre,’’ Italy
Gaetano Assanto, University ‘‘Roma Tre,’’ Italy
Wei-Xin Ni, Linko¨ping University, Sweden
Anders Elfving, Linko¨ping University, Sweden
Douglas J. Paul, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Michael Schro¨ter, University of California at San Diego, USA
Ramana M. Malladi, IBM Microelectronics, USA
I would also like to thank my graduate students and post-docs, past and present, for their dedication
and tireless work in this fascinating field. I rest on their shoulders. They include: David Richey,
Alvin Joseph, Bill Ansley, Juan Rolda´n, Stacey Salmon, Lakshmi Vempati, Jeff Babcock, Suraj
Mathew, Kartik Jayanaraynan, Greg Bradford, Usha Gogineni, Gaurab Banerjee, Shiming Zhang, Krish
Shivaram, Dave Sheridan, Gang Zhang, Ying Li, Zhenrong Jin, Qingqing Liang, Ram Krithivasan, Yun
Luo, Tianbing Chen, Enhai Zhao, Yuan Lu, Chendong Zhu, Jon Comeau, Jarle Johansen, Joel Andrews,
Lance Kuo, Xiangtao Li, Bhaskar Banerjee, Curtis Grens, Akil Sutton, Adnan Ahmed, Becca Haugerud,
Mustayeen Nayeem, Mustansir Pratapgarhwala, Guofu Niu, Emery Chen, Jongsoo Lee, and Gnana
Prakash.
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