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David BroidoDr. David Broido

Professor of Physics

617-552-3348
Higgins Hall 230C
broido@bc.edu

Education

  • Ph.D. Physics, University of California at San Diego, 1985
  • M.S. Physics, University of California at San Diego, 1982
  • B.S. Physics, University of California at Santa Barbara, 1980

Areas of Research
Theoretical solid state physics with emphasis on the electronic, optical and transport properties of lower dimensional semiconductor systems.


Selected Publications

  • Carbon nanotube ballistic thermal conductance, and its limits, N. Mingo and D. A. Broido, Physical Review Letters 95, 096105 (2005).
  • Lattice thermal conductivity of silicon from emprical interatomic potentials, D. A. Broido, A. Ward and N. Mingo, Physical Review B 72, 014308 (2005).
  • Length dependence of carbon nanotube thermal conductivity and the ”problem of long waves”, N. Mingo and D. A. Broido, NanoLetters 5, 1221-1225 (2005).
  • Lattice thermal conductivity of superlattice structures, D. A. Broido and T. L. Physical Review B 70, Rapid Communications, 081310 (2004).
  • Lattice Thermal Conductivity Crossovers in Semiconductor Nanowires, N. Mingo and D. A. Broido, Physical Review Letters 93, 246106 (2004).
  • Thermoelectric transport in superlattices, D. A. Broido and T. L. Reinecke, Semiconductors and Semimetals 71: Overview of Current Advances in Thermoelectric Materials, Chapter 2, Ed. T. Tritt (2001).
  • Theory of thermoelectric power factor in quantum well and quantum wire superlattices, D. A. Broido and T. L. Reinecke, Physical Review B 64, (2001).
  • Internal transitions of confined neutral magnetoexcitons in GaAs/AlxGa1-xAs Quantum Wells, H. A. Nickel, G. Kioseoglou, T. Yeo, H. Cheong, A. Petrou, B. D. McCombe, D. A. Broido, K. K. Bajaj and R. A. Lewis, Physical Review B 62, p. 2773 (2000).
  • Thermoelectric power factor in superlattice systems, D. A. Broido and T. L. Reinecke, Applied Physics Letters 77, p. 705 (2000).
  • Far Infrared Response of InAs-GaSb Type II Quantum Dots, D. A. Broido, K. Kempa and U. Rössler, Physica E (Low-Dimensional Systems & Nanostructures) 6, p. 466 (2000).
  • Phonon Thermal Conductivity of Quantum Wires, S. G. Walkauskas, D. A. Broido, K. Kempa and T. L. Reinecke, Journal of Applied Physics 85, p. 2579 (1999).
  • Self Polarization of Quantum Dots, P. Bakshi, D. A. Broido and K. Kempa, Superlattices and Microstructures 23, p. 521 (1998).
  • Internal Transitions of Neutral and Charged Magneto-Excitons in GaAs/AlGaAs Quantum Wells, A. Nickel, G. S. Herold, T. Yeo, G. Kioseoglou, Z. X. Jiang, B. D. McCombe , D. A. Broido, and W. Schaff, Phys. Stat. Solidi 210, p. 341, (1998).
  • Thermoelectric Transport in quantum well superlattices, D. A. Broido and T. L. Reinecke, Applied Physics Letters 70, 2834 (1997).
  • Temperature Dependence of the Spin Polarization of a Quantum Ferromagnet, M. J. Manfra, E. H. Aifer, B. B. Goldberg, D. A. Broido, L. Pfieffer and K. West, Phys. Rev. B 54, Rapid Communications, p. 17327 (1996).
  • Hole Magnetoplasmons in Quantum Dots, T. Darnhofer, U. Rössler, and D. A. Broido, Physical Review B 53, p. 3631 (1996).
  • Evidence of Skyrmion Excitations About n=1 in n-Modulation Doped Single Quantum Wells by Inter-Band Optical Transmission, E. H Aifer, B. B. Goldberg and D. A. Broido, Physical Review Letters 76, p. 680 (1996) .
  • Far-Infrared Response of Holes in Quantum Dots: Band Structure Effects and the Generalized Kohn’s Theorem, T. Darnhofer, U. Rössler and D. A. Broido, Phys. Rev. B 52, Rapid Communications, p. 14376 (1995).
  • Thermoelectric Figure of Merit of Quantum Wire Superlattices, D. A. Broido and T. L. Reinecke, Applied Physics Letters 67, p. 100 (1995).
  • Effect of Superlattice Structure on the Thermoelectric Figure of Merit, D. A. Broido and T. L. Reinecke, Physical Review B 51, p. 13797 (1995).
  • Electronic and Optical Properties of Lower-Dimensional Systems, D. A. Broido, Nonlinear Spectroscopy of Solids: Advances and Applications, pg. 415, 1994 (Ed. B. DiBartolo, Plenum).
  • Dipole Spectra of Holes in Quantum Dots, T. Darnhofer, D. A. Broido and U. Rössler, Physical Review B 50, p. 14975 (1994).
  • Polarization of Electrons in Quantum Dashes in Magnetic field, K. Kempa, P. Bakshi, and D. A. Broido, Solid State Communications 91, p. 231 (1994).
  • Fine-Structure of Excitons and Polariton dispersion in Quantum Wells, S. Jorda, U. Rössler and D. A. Broido, Physical Review B 48, p. 1669 (1993).
  • Effects of Nonparabolicity on Collective Intersubband Excitations, G. Brozak, B. V. Shanabrook, D. Gammon, D. A. Broido, R. Beresford, and W. I. Wang, in Physical Review B 45, p. 11399 (1992).
  • Theory of Holes in Quantum Dots, D. A. Broido, A. Cros and U. Rössler, in Physical Review B 45, p. 11395 (1992).
  • Electronic Energy Levels in Nanostructures, U. Rössler, D. A. Broido and F. Bolton, in Springer Tracts in Solid State Sciences (1992).
  • Intersubband Transitions in Piezoelectric Superlattices, G. Brozak, B. V. Shanabrook, D. Gammon, D. A. Broido, R. Beresford, and W. I. Wang, in Surface Science 267, p. 120 (1992).
  • Spontaneous Polarization of Electrons in Quantum Dashes, P. Bakshi, D. A. Broido and K. Kempa, in Journal of Applied Physics 70, p. 3268 (1991).
  • Spontaneous Polarization in Quantum Dot Systems, K. Kempa, D. A. Broido and P. Bakshi, in Physical Review B 43, p. 9343 (1991).
  • Self-Consistent Far Infrared Response of Quantum Dot Structures, D. A. Broido, K. Kempa and P. Bakshi, in Physical Review B 42, p. 11400 (1990).
  • Mixing of Excitons and Continuum States in Quantum Wells, D. A. Broido And S.-R. E. Yang, in Physical Review B 42, p. 11051 (1990).



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