Quantum Transport
Quantum transport is a diverse field, sometimes combining seemingly contradicting concepts - quantum and classical, conduction and insulating - within a single nanodevice. Quantum transport is an essential and challenging part of nanoscience, and understanding its concepts and methods is vital to the successful fabrication of devices at the nanoscale. This textbook is a comprehensive introduction to the rapidly developing field of quantum transport. The authors present the comprehensive theoretical background, and explore the groundbreaking experiments that laid the foundations of the field. Ideal for graduate students, each section contains control questions and exercises to check readers' understanding of the topics covered. Its broad scope and in-depth analysis of selected topics will appeal to researchers and professionals working in nanoscience.
- Contains over 100 control questions and exercises, and nearly 200 figures, making it an ideal textbook for graduate students
- Explores the groundbreaking experiments that laid the foundations of the field that are fascinating to both scientists and experts from other fields
- Gives a thorough overview of the field of quantum transport including the most recent developments
Reviews & endorsements
"I warmly recommend Quantum Transport to lecturers and students interested in the subject. In view of its comprehensive coverage of numerous topics and its accessible style, Nazarov and Blanter's text has the potential to become a standard reference in the field."
Wolfgang Belzig, Physics Today
Product details
June 2009Hardback
9780521832465
590 pages
252 × 193 × 29 mm
1.4kg
74 b/w illus. 112 exercises
Available
Table of Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1. Scattering
- 2. Classical and semiclassical transport
- 3. Coulomb blockade
- 4. Randomness and interference
- 5. Qubits and quantum dots
- 6. Interaction, relaxation and decoherence
- Appendices
- References
- Index.