Mesoscopic Physics and Electronics -

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Résumé :
This book gives general reviews on various subjects in the interdisciplinary field between pure physics, device physics, and materials research concerning quantum structures, such as quantum wires, dots, antidots, etc. and discusses their future prospects. It also provides a general introduction of physics of mesoscopic systems and might be used as an introductory textbook for graduate students....

Sommaire:
1. Introduction - Mesoscopic Systems.- 1.1 Introduction.- 1.2 Length Scales Characterizing Mesoscopic Systems.- 1.3 Landauer's Formula.- 1.4 Fluctuations and Aharonov-Bohm Effect.- 1.5 Ballistic Electron Transport.- 1.6 Coulomb Blockade.- 2. Transport in Quantum Structures.- 2.1 Tomonaga-Luttinger Liquid in Quantum Wires.- 2.2 Quantum Wires.- 2.3 Magnetophonon Resonance in Quantum Wires.- 2.4 Quantum Dots and Artificial Atoms.- 2.5 Antidot Lattices - Classical and Quantum Chaos.- 2.6 Electric and Magnetic Lateral Superlattices.- 2.7 Terahertz Spectroscopy of Nanostructures.- 2.8 Wannier-Stark Effect in Transport.- 3. Quantum Hall Effect.- 3.1 Crossover from Quantum to Classical Regime.- 3.2 Edge States and Nonlocal Effects.- 3.3 Magnetocapacitance and Edge States.- 4. Electron-Photon Interaction in Nanostructures.- 4.1 Introduction.- 4.2 Theory of Electron-Photon Interaction.- 4.3 Electron-Photon Interaction in Microcavities.- 4.4 Photonic Crystals.- 4.5 Microcavity Surface Emitting Lasers.- 4.6 Toward Lasers of the Next Generation.- 5. Quantum-Effect Devices.- 5.1 Introduction.- 5.2 Electron-Wave Reflection and Resonance Devices.- 5.3 Electron-Wave Coherent Coupling Devices.- 5.4 Electron-Wave Diffraction Devices.- 5.5 Devices Using Ultimate Silicon Technology.- 5.6 Circuit Systems Using Quantum-Effect Devices.- 6. Formation and Characterization of Quantum Structures.- 6.1 Introduction.- 6.2 Quantum Wires and Dots by MOCVD (I).- 6.3 Quantum Wires and Dots by MOCVD (II).- 6.4 Quantum Wires on Vicinal GaAs (110) Surfaces.- 6.5 Tilted T-Shaped and (775)B Quantum Wires.- 6.6 SiGe Quantum Structures.