Dr. David Broido | Boston College Physics

Physics Department Personnel

Dr. 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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