Electronic quantum transport in mesoscopic semiconductor structures /

Electronic quantum transport in mesoscopic semiconductor structures /

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Author / Creator:	Ihn, Thomas.
Imprint:	New York : Springer, ©2004.
Description:	1 online resource (xi, 270 pages) : illustrations.
Language:	English
Series:	Springer tracts in modern physics, 0081-3869 ; v. 192 Springer tracts in modern physics ; 192.
Subject:	Electron transport. Semiconductors. Mesoscopic phenomena (Physics) Quantum theory. Electron transport. Mesoscopic phenomena (Physics) Quantum theory. Semiconductors.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11065407

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ISBN:	0387218289 9780387218281 1280188405 9781280188404 0387400966 9780387400969
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-265) and index.
Summary:	This book treats three topics of electronic quantum transport in mesoscopic semiconductor structures: the conductance in strongly interacting and disordered two-dimensional systems and the metal insulator transition, electron transport through quantum dots and quantum rings in the Coulomb-blockade regime, and scanning probe experiments on semiconductor nanostructures at cryogenic temperatures. In addition it gives a brief historical account of electron transport from Ohm's law through transport in semiconductor nanostructures, and a review of cryogenic scanning probe techniques applied to semiconductor nanostructures. Both graduate students and researchers in the field of mesoscopic semiconductors or in semiconductor nanostructures will find this book useful.
Other form:	Print version: Ihn, Thomas. Electronic quantum transport in mesoscopic semiconductor structures. New York : Springer, ©2004 0387400966

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Summary:	The physics of semiconductors has seen an enormous evolution within the last ?fty years. Countless achievements have been made in scienti?c research and device applications have revolutionized everyday life. We have learned how to customize materials in order to tailor their optical as well as electronic properties. The on- ing trend toward device miniaturization has been the driving force on the appli- tion side and it has fertilized fundamental research. Nowadays, advanced processing techniques allow the fabrication of sub-micron semiconductor structures in many university research laboratories. At the same time, experiments down to millikelvin temperatures allow researchers to anticipate the observation of quantum phenomena, so far hidden at room temperature by the large thermal energy and strong dephasing. The ?eld of mesoscopic physics deals with systems under experimental con- tions where several quantum length scales for electrons such as system size and phase coherence length, or phase coherence length and elastic mean free path, are compa- ble. Intense research over the last twenty years has revealed an enormous richness of quantum effects in mesoscopic semiconductor physics, which is typically charact- ized by an interplay of quantum interference and many-body interactions. The most famous phenomena are probably the integer and fractional quantum Hall effects, the quantization of conductance through a quantum point contact, the Aharonov-Bohm effect, and single-electron charging of quantum dots.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xi, 270 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-265) and index.
ISBN:	0387218289 9780387218281 1280188405 9781280188404 0387400966 9780387400969
ISSN:	0081-3869 ;