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Recent advances in technology have made it possible to
fabricate structures whose dimensions are much smaller than
the mean free path of an electron. This book is the first
to give a thorough account of the theory of electronic
transport in such mesoscopic systems. Important concepts
are illustrated by reference to relevant experimental
results.
The book begins with a chapter summarizing the
necessary background material. The next chapter introduces
the 'transmission formalism' which is widely used in
describing mesoscopic transport. The applicability of this
formalism to different transport regimes is examined and
practical methods for evaluating the transmission function
are discussed. This formalism is then used to describe
three key topics in mesoscopic physics : quantum Hall
effect, localization, and double-barrier tunneling. Optical
analogies to mesoscopic phenomena are discussed briefly.
The book closes with a simple intuitive description of the
non-equilibrium Green's function formalism and its relation
to the transmission formalism.
Emphasizing basic concepts and techniques
throughout, and complete with problems and solutions, the
book will be of interest to graduate students as well as to
established researchers interested in mesoscopic physics and
nanoelectronics.
- ISBN Numbers:
- ISBN 0-521-41604-3 (hardcover, 1995)
- ISBN 0-521-59943-1 (paperback, 1998)
- Book Reviews:
- Contemporary Physics, vol.39, no.5, p.401 (1998)
- Physics Today, May 1996, p.70.
- Available at:
- Amazon.com
- Barnes & Noble
- Cambridge University Press On-line Store
- Or call Cambridge University Press 800-872-7423
- Publishers Address:
- Cambridge University Press
40 West 20th Street, New York, NY 10011-4211
FAX : 212 691 3239
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