Optoelectronics ranks one of the highest increasing rates among the
different industrial branches. This activity is closely related to
devices which are themselves extremely dependent on materials. Indeed,
the history of optoelectronic devices has been following closely that of
the materials. KLUWER Academic Publishers has thus rightly identified
"Materials for Optoelectronics" as a good opportunity for a book in the
series entitled "Electronic Materials; Science and Technology". Although
a sound background in solid state physics is recommended, the authors
have confined their contribution to a graduate student level, and tried
to define any concept they use, to render the book as a whole as
self-consistent as possible. In the first section the basic aspects are
developed. Here, three chapters consider semiconductor materials for
optoelectronics under various aspects. Prof. G. E. Stillman begins with
an introduction to the field from the point of view of the
optoelectronic market. Then he describes how III-V materials, especially
the Multi- Quantum Structures meet the requirements of optoelectronic
functions, including the support of microelectronics for optoelectronic
integrated circuits. In chapter 2, Prof.