Binding and Scattering in Two-Dimensional Systems
Subtitle: Applications to Quantum Wires, Waveguides and Photonic Crystals (Lecture Notes in Physics)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: January 7, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 222
ISBN-13: 9783540666844
Subjects: Electricity, magnetism & electromagnetism; Quantum physics (quantum mechanics); Nanostructures; Science/Mathematics; Nanowires; Electromagnetism; Quantum Mechanics; Science; Quantum Theory; Physics; Electricity; Electronic transport; Photonic Crystals; Quantum Waveguides; Quantum Wires; Quasi-Two-Dimensional Quantum Heterostructures; Science / Physics; Wave guides; Low-dimensional semiconductors
First sentence: In the past decade remarkable progress has been achieved in our understanding of the properties of electrons in mesoscopic systems.
Description: This monograph is accessible to anyone with an undergraduate background in quantum mechanics, electromagnetism and some solid state physics. It describes in detail the properties of particles and fields in quasi-two-dimensional systems used to approximate realistic quantum heterostructures. Here the authors treat wires, i.e. they assume an infinite hard-wall potential for the system. They discuss bound states, the properties of transmission and reflection, conductance, etc. It is shown that the simple models developed in this book in detail are capable of understanding even complex physical phenomena. The methods are applied to optical states in photonic crystals, and similarities and differences between those and electronic states in quantum heterostructures and electromagnetic fields in waveguides are discussed.