Ebook: Advances in Solid State Physics

The present volume contains the written versions of most of the invited talks of the Spring Meeting of the Condensed Matter Physics section of the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft held from March 25 to 29, 2002 in Regensburg, Germany. Also contained are those talks presented as part of the Symposia most of which were organized by several divisions in collaboration and covered a fascinating selection of topics of current interest. Thus this volume reflects the status of condensed matter physics in Germany in the year 2002. In particular, one notes a slight change in paradigms: from quantum dots and wires to spin transport and soft matter systems in the broadest sense. This seems to reflect the present general trend in physics. Nevertheless, a large portion of the invited papers concentrate on nanostructured matter.

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The present volume contains the written versions of most of the invited talks of the Spring Meeting of the Condensed Matter Physics section of the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft held from March 25 to 29, 2002 in Regensburg, Germany. Also contained are those talks presented as part of the Symposia most of which were organized by several divisions in collaboration and covered a fascinating selection of topics of current interest. Thus this volume reflects the status of condensed matter physics in Germany in the year 2002. In particular, one notes a slight change in paradigms: from quantum dots and wires to spin transport and soft matter systems in the broadest sense. This seems to reflect the present general trend in physics. Nevertheless, a large portion of the invited papers concentrate on nanostructured matter.

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The present volume contains the written versions of most of the invited talks of the Spring Meeting of the Condensed Matter Physics section of the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft held from March 25 to 29, 2002 in Regensburg, Germany. Also contained are those talks presented as part of the Symposia most of which were organized by several divisions in collaboration and covered a fascinating selection of topics of current interest. Thus this volume reflects the status of condensed matter physics in Germany in the year 2002. In particular, one notes a slight change in paradigms: from quantum dots and wires to spin transport and soft matter systems in the broadest sense. This seems to reflect the present general trend in physics. Nevertheless, a large portion of the invited papers concentrate on nanostructured matter.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XX
High Magnetic Fields in Semiconductor Nanostructures: Spin Effects in Single InAs Quantum Dots....Pages 3-12
On the Way to the II–VI Quantum Dot VCSEL....Pages 13-26
ZnCdSe Quantum Structures — Growth, Optical Properties and Applications....Pages 27-37
Photonic Crystals: Optical Materials for the 21st Century....Pages 41-53
Quantum Optical Effects in Semiconductors....Pages 55-66
Beryllium Chalcogenides: Interface Properties and Potential for Optoelectronic Applications....Pages 67-79
ZnO Metal Organic Vapor Phase Epitaxy: Present State and Prospective Application in Optoelectronics and Spin Electronics....Pages 81-91
Electrical Spin Injection from Ferromagnetic Metals into GaAs....Pages 95-106
Probing the Conduction Channels of Gold Atomic-Size Contacts: Proximity Effect and Multiple Andreev Reflections....Pages 107-119
Metal-Insulator Transitions at Surfaces....Pages 121-131
The Role of Contacts in Molecular Electronics....Pages 133-149
Electronic Transport, Spectral Fine Structures, and Atom Clusters in Quasicrystals and Approximants....Pages 151-162
Full Counting Statistics of Mesoscopic Electron Transport....Pages 163-173
Nonequilibrium Transport through a Kondo-dot in a Magnetic Field....Pages 175-185
Electrons, Phonons and Excitons at Semiconductor Surfaces....Pages 189-206
Diffuse Interface Model for Microstructure Evolution....Pages 207-218
Rapidly Produced Thin Films: Laser-Plasma Induced Surface Reactions....Pages 219-231
Nanotechnology — Bottom-up Meets Top-down....Pages 231-240
Local Ordering Processes in Ferroelectric, Glass-like and Modulated phases: An EPR Study....Pages 241-251
Superconductivity and Non-Fermi Liquid Normal State of Itinerant Ferromagnets....Pages 255-266
MgB2 Wires and Tapes: Properties and Potential....Pages 267-279
Electron-Phonon Coupling and Superconductivity in MgB2 and Related Diborides....Pages 281-292
Self-Organized Quasi-One Dimensional Structures in High-Temperature Superconductors: the Stripe Phase....Pages 293-305
Theory of Superconductivity Due to the Exchange of Spin Fluctuations in Hole- and Electron-Doped Cuprate Superconductors: d-Wave Order Parameter....Pages 307-318
Anomalous Behavior of Insulating Glasses at Ultra-low Temperatures....Pages 319-331
Colloidal Suspensions — The Classical Model System of Soft Condensed Matter Physics....Pages 335-346
Excitable Membranes: Channel Noise, Synchronization, and Stochastic Resonance....Pages 347-358
Birth and Sudden Death of a Granular Cluster....Pages 359-370
Interacting Neural Networks and Cryptography....Pages 371-382
Low Energy Dynamics in Glasses Investigated by Neutron Inelastic Scattering....Pages 383-391
Metallic Magnetism....Pages 393-403
Domain State Model for Exchange Bias: Influence of Structural Defects on Exchange Bias in Co/CoO....Pages 407-418
Itinerant Ferromagnetism and Antiferromagnetism from a Chemical Bonding Perspective....Pages 419-431
Theory of Ferromagnetism in (III, Mn)V Semiconductors....Pages 433-444
Tetrahedral Quantum Magnets in One and Two Dimensions....Pages 445-456
SiGe:C Heterojunction Bipolar Transistors: From Materials Research to Chip Fabrication....Pages 457-468
Transition Edge Sensors for Imaging X-ray Spectrometers....Pages 471-482
Charge Injection in Polymer Light-Emitting Diodes....Pages 483-494
Sensors and the Influence of Process Parameters and Thin Films....Pages 495-503
Back Matter....Pages 505-513
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