Semiconductorelectronicsiscommonplaceineveryhousehold.Semiconductordeviceshavealsoenabledeconomicallyreasonablefiber-basedopticalcommunication,opticalstorageandhigh-frequencyamplificationandhaverecentlyrevolutionizedphotography,displaytechnologyandlighting.Alongwiththesetremendoustechnologicaldevelopments,semiconductorshavechangedthewaywework,communicate,entertainandthink.Thetechnologicalprogressofsemiconductormaterialsanddevicesisevolvingcontinuouslywithalargeworldwideeffortinhumanandmonetarycapital.Forstudents,semiconductorsofferarich,diverseandexcitingfieldwithagreattraditionandabrightfuture.　　Thisbookintroducesstudentstosemiconductorphysicsandsemiconductordevices.Itbringsthemtothepointwheretheycanspecializeandentersupervisedlaboratoryresearch.ItisbasedonthetwosemestersemiconductorphysicscoursetaughtatUniversitatLeipziginitsMasterofSciencephysicscurriculum.Sincethebookcanbefollowedwithlittleornopre-existingknowledgeinsolid-statephysicsandquantummechanics,itisalsosuitableforundergraduatestudents.Fortheinterestedreadersomeadditionaltopicsareincludedinthebookthatcanbecoveredinsubsequent,morespecializedcourses.Thematerialisselectedtoprovideabalancebetweenaspectsofsolid-stateandsemiconductorphysics,theconceptsofvarioussemiconductordevicesandmodernapplicationsinelectronicsandphotonics.