From the reviews: "This book, written by leading experts in the field, provides an up-to-date introduction to the optics of semiconductors and their nanostructures ... . This is perhaps the only book available at the present moment that offers a good panorama of recently established applications. ... The book will delight and fascinate the target audience, and many will be tempted to pursue further studies and research work ... . Exciting new developments and an exciting new book - Congratulations to the editors and the authors." (Current Engineering Practice, Vol. 47 (3), 2004-2005)

• Excitons in Semiconductors.- Hot Excitons in ZnSe Quantum Wells.- Probing Localized Excitons by Speckle Analysis of Resonant Light Scattering.- Donor-Related Exciton Luminescence in Wide-Bandgap Semiconductors: Diamond, Zinc Oxide, and Gallium Nitride.- Spectroscopy of Biexcitons and Trions in II–VI Quantum Dots.- Dynamics of Excitons and Exciton Complexes in Wide-Gap Semiconductors.- Quantum Kinetics and Femtosecond Spectroscopy — The Discovery of Slowness.- Extreme Nonlinear Optics in Semiconductors.- Nonlinear Semiconductor Microcavities.- All-Optical Control of Charge and Spin in GaAs: Densities and Currents.- Semiconductor Quantum Dots for Optoelectronic Applications.- GaInNAs: Fundamentals of a New Material System for Near-Infrared Optoelectronics.- Nitride-Based Light Emitting Diodes and Laser Diodes: Optical Properties and Applications.- Thermodynamics of Solar Cells.

From the reviews: "This book, written by leading experts in the field, provides an up-to-date introduction to the optics of semiconductors and their nanostructures ... . This is perhaps the only book available at the present moment that offers a good panorama of recently established applications. ... The book will delight and fascinate the target audience, and many will be tempted to pursue further studies and research work ... . Exciting new developments and an exciting new book - Congratulations to the editors and the authors." (Current Engineering Practice, Vol. 47 (3), 2004-2005)

• Excitons in Semiconductors.- Hot Excitons in ZnSe Quantum Wells.- Probing Localized Excitons by Speckle Analysis of Resonant Light Scattering.- Donor-Related Exciton Luminescence in Wide-Bandgap Semiconductors: Diamond, Zinc Oxide, and Gallium Nitride.- Spectroscopy of Biexcitons and Trions in II–VI Quantum Dots.- Dynamics of Excitons and Exciton Complexes in Wide-Gap Semiconductors.- Quantum Kinetics and Femtosecond Spectroscopy — The Discovery of Slowness.- Extreme Nonlinear Optics in Semiconductors.- Nonlinear Semiconductor Microcavities.- All-Optical Control of Charge and Spin in GaAs: Densities and Currents.- Semiconductor Quantum Dots for Optoelectronic Applications.- GaInNAs: Fundamentals of a New Material System for Near-Infrared Optoelectronics.- Nitride-Based Light Emitting Diodes and Laser Diodes: Optical Properties and Applications.- Thermodynamics of Solar Cells.