Ebook: Mesoscopic Electronics in Solid State Nanostructures, Second Edition

This text treats electronic transport in the regime where conventional textbook models are no longer applicable, including the effect of electronic phase coherence, energy quantization and single-electron charging. This second edition is completely updated and expanded, and now comprises new chapters on spin electronics and quantum information processing, transport in inhomogeneous magnetic fields, organic/molecular electronics, and applications of field effect transistors. The book also provides an overview of semiconductor processing technologies and experimental techniques. With a number of examples and problems with solutions, this is an ideal introduction for students and beginning researchers in the field.

"This book is a useful tool, too, for the experienced researcher to get a summary of recent developments in solid state nanostructures. I applaud the author for a marvellous contribution to the scientific community of mesoscopic electronics."
-Prof. K. Ensslin, Solid State Physics Laboratory, ETH Zurich

Content:
Chapter 1 Introduction (pages 1–14):
Chapter 2 An Update of Solid State Physics (pages 15–55):
Chapter 3 Surfaces, Interfaces, and Layered Devices (pages 57–95):
Chapter 4 Experimental Techniques (pages 97–137):
Chapter 5 Important Quantities in Mesoscopic Transport (pages 139–146):
Chapter 6 Magneto?transport Properties of Quantum Films (pages 147–176):
Chapter 7 Quantum Wires and Quantum Point Contacts (pages 177–222):
Chapter 8 Electronic Phase Coherence (pages 223–246):
Chapter 9 Single?Electron Tunneling (pages 247–272):
Chapter 10 Quantum Dots (pages 273–307):
Chapter 11 Mesoscopic Superlattices (pages 309–321):
Chapter 12 Spintronics (pages 323–341):
Chapter A SI and CGS Units (pages 343–344):
Chapter B Correlation and Convolution (pages 345–348):
Chapter C Capacitance Matrix and Electrostatic Energy (pages 349–352):
Chapter D The Transfer Hamiltonian (pages 353–354):
Chapter E Solutions to Selected Exercises (pages 355–382):