Mesoscopic systems
Subtitle: fundamentals and applications
By: Yoshimasa Murayama.
Publisher: Wiley-VCH
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Weinheim; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 245
Subjects: Mesoscopic phenomena (Physics)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1 Introduction; title: 1.1 Mesoscopic Systems; title: 1.2 Nanoscale Structures; title: 1.3 Electronics; title: References; title: 2 Quantum versus Classical Physics; title: 2.1 Quantum Effects; title: 2.2 Quantum Fluctuation; title: 2.3 Particle-Wave Duality; title: 2.4 Measurement of an Ensemble of Particles; title: 2.5 Coherence; title: 2.6 V isibility; title: 2.7 Coherence versus Incoherence; title: References; title: 3 'Quantization; title: 3.1 Schrodinger Equation and Discrete Energies; title: 3.2 Bloch Theorem; title: 3.3 Effective Mass; title: References; title: 4 Dimensionality; title: 4.1 DOS; title: 4.2 Dimensionality of a Landau Electron; title: References; title: 5 Junctions; title: 5.1 M etal-M etal Junction; title: 5.2 Homogeneous Semiconductor Junction; title: 5.3 Heterogeneous Semiconductor Junction; title: 5.4 Schottky Junction; title: 5.5 Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor (MOS); title: R eferences; title: 6 3D Quantum Systems; title: References; title: 7 2D Quantum Systems; title: 7.1 Single Quantum Well; title: 7.2 Multiple Quantum Wells; title: 7.3 Superlattice; title: 7.4 DOS; title: 7.5 Landau Electrons; title: 7.6 Hydrogenic State of Impurity; title: 7.7 Surfaces; title: References; title: 8 1D Quantum Systems; title: References; title: 9 OD Quantum Systems; title: References; title: 10 Transport Properties; title: 10.1 Transport Perpendicular to QW; title: 10.2 Transport Parallel to QW; title: 10.3 Magnetic Response; title: 10.4 Concepts of Electric Conductivity; title: 10.5 Universal Conductance Fluctuation; title: 10.6 Quantized Conductance; title: 10.7 Integral Quantized Hall Effect (IQHE); title: 10.8 Fractional Quantized Hall Effect (FQHE); title: 10.9 Ballistic Transport; title: 10.10Coulomb Blockade; title: 10.l1Atomic Wires; title: References; title: 11 Optical Properties; title: 11.1 Single/Multiple Quantum Wells; title: 11.2 Exciton Absorption in Various Dimensional Geometries; title: References; title: 12 Magnetic Properties; title: 12.1 Fine Particles; title: 12.2 Magnetic Thin Films; title: References; title: 13 Properties of Macroscopic Quantum States; title: 13.1 Kosterlitz-Thouless Mode in High-Tc SC; title: 13.2 Superconducting Thin Wires; title: 13.3 Superconducting Tunnel Junction; title: 13.4 Transport Properties of High-Tc Cuprates; title: 13.5 Proximity Effect; title: 13.6 Andreev Reflection; title: References; title: 14 Future Prospects; title: A FDM Solution of Schrodinger Equations; title: B Effective-Mass Approximated Equation; title: C Boundary Conditions for an Interface; title: D Hydrogenic Envelope Function in 3D and 2D; title: E Transition Probability of Optical Processes; title: F Eigenvalue Problem for a Linear Electric Potential; title: G Calculation of Conductivity Based on the Kubo Formula; title: H Calculation of Conductivity Tensor in a Magnetic Field; title: I Landau State in z-Representation; title: J Micromagnetism of Stripe Domain; title: K Physics Underlying Josephson Junctions; title: Index; title: Author Index.