Electronic transport in mesoscopic systems / Supriyo Datta.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Datta, Supriyo, 1954- author.

Series:

Cambridge studies in semiconductor physics and microelectronic engineering ; 3.

Cambridge studies in semiconductor physics and microelectronic engineering ; 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Electron transport.

Semiconductors.

Green's functions.

Mesoscopic phenomena (Physics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 377 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1995.

Summary:

Advances in semiconductor technology have made possible the fabrication of structures whose dimensions are much smaller than the mean free path of an electron. This book gives a thorough account of the theory of electronic transport in such mesoscopic systems. After an initial chapter covering fundamental concepts, the transmission function formalism is presented, and used to describe three key topics in mesoscopic physics: the quantum Hall effect; localisation; and double-barrier tunnelling. Other sections include a discussion of optical analogies to mesoscopic phenomena, and the book concludes with a description of the non-equilibrium Green's function formalism and its relation to the transmission formalism. Complete with problems and solutions, the book will be of great interest to graduate students of mesoscopic physics and nanoelectronic device engineering, as well as to established researchers in these fields.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780511805776

131608700X

1139635786

1139648594

1139638114

113964095X

0511805772