A physics book that covers the optical properties of quantum-confined semiconductor nanostructures from both the theoretical and experimental points of view together with technological applications. Topics to be reviewed include quantum confinement effects in semiconductors, optical adsorption and emission properties of group IV, III-V, II-VI semiconductors, deep-etched and self assembled quantum dots, nanoclusters, and laser applications in optoelectronics.

1. Photonic Applications of Semiconductor-Doped Glasses.- 2. Auger Processes in Nanosize Semiconductor Crystals.- 3. Carrier Dynamics, Optical Nonlinearities, and Optical Gain in Nanocrystal Quantum Dots.- 4. Novel Device Applications of Stranski-Krastanov Quantum Dots.- 5. Porous Silicon as an Open Dielectric Nanostructure.- 6. Nanocrystalline Silicon-Silicon Dioxide Superlattices: Structural and Optical Properties.- 7. Quantum Dot Photonic Crystals.