Quantum Transport: Introduction to Nanoscience

by Yuli V. Nazarov, Yaroslav M. Blanter

Overview

This textbook is a comprehensive introduction to the rapidly developing and diverse field of quantum transport, which is seemingly contains seemingly contradicting concepts - quantum and classical, conduction and insulating - within a single nanodevice.. The authors present the broad 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521832465
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	05/28/2009
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	590
Sales rank:	728,513
Product dimensions:	7.60(w) x 9.80(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Yaroslav M. Blanter is an Associate Professor in the theory group at the Delft University of Technology. Previous to this he was a Humboldt Fellow at the University of Karlsruhe and a Senior Assistant at the University of Geneva.

Yuli V. Nazarov is a theorist at Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology. He obtained his Ph.D. from Landau Institute for theoretical physics in 1985, and has worked in the field of quantum transport since the late 1980s.

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.

Editorial Reviews

"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

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