Quantum Mesoscopic Phenomena and Mesoscopic Devices in Microelectronics: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute, Ankara, Turkey, 13-25 June 1999

Igor O. Kulik

ISBN 10: 0792366255 / ISBN 13: 9780792366256

Published by Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000

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• Title: Quantum Mesoscopic Phenomena and Mesoscopic Devices in Microelectronics: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute, Ankara, Turkey, 13-25 June 1999
• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0792366255
• ISBN 13: 9780792366256
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 526 grams

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Synopsis

Quantum mechanical laws are well documented at the level of a single or a few atoms and are here extended to systems containing 10² to 10¹⁰ electrons - still much smaller than the usual macroscopic objects, but behaving in a manner similar to a single atom. Besides the purely theoretical interest, such systems pose a challenge to the achievement of the ultimate microelectronic applications.
The present volume presents an up-to-date account of the physics, technology and expected applications of quantum effects in solid-state mesoscopic structures. Physical phenomena include the Aharonov-Bohm effect, persistent currents, Coulomb blockade and Coulomb oscillations in single electron devices, Andreev reflections and the Josephson effect in superconductor/normal/superconductor systems, shot noise suppression in microcontacts and contact resistance quantisation, and overall quantum coherence in mesoscopic and nanoscopic structures related to the emerging physics of quantum computation in the solid-state environment.