Quantum Kinetics in Transport and Optics of Semiconductors

This monograph deals with the quantum kinetics for transport in low-dimensional microstructures and for ultrashort laser pulse spectroscopy. The nonequilibrium Green function theory is described and used for the derivation of the quantum kinetic equations, while numerical methods for the solution of the retarded quantum kinetic equations are discussed and results presented for quantum high-field and mesoscopic transport phenomena. Additionally, quantum beats, polarisation decay and non-Markovian behaviour are treated for femtosecond spectroscopy on a microscopic basis.