Thermoelectric Power in Macroelectronic Materials Under Magnetic Quantization

Abstract

It is well known that under magnetic quantization the motion of the electrons in semiconductors parallel to the direction of the quantizing magnetic field is not affected, although the area of the wave-vector space perpendicular to the same gets quantized leading to the formation of Landau subbands. The electronic properties of semiconductors in the presence of magnetic quantization have been investigated in the literature for the last few decades [1–68]. It is interesting to note that TPSM in semiconductors under strong magnetic quantization has relatively been less investigated in the literature. In this chapter, we shall investigate the same in nonlinear optical, III–V, II–VI, bismuth, IV–VI, and stressed materials in Sects. 5.2.1–5.2.6, respectively. Sections 5.3 and 5.4 contain results and discussion and open research problems pertinent to this chapter.