纳米结构中的输运（英文版）

The advent of semiconductor structures whose characteristic dimensions are smaller than the mean free path of carriers has led to the development of novel devices and given rise to many advances in our theoretical understanding of these mesoscopic systems or nanostructures. This book reviews the results of experimental research into mesoscopic devices and develops a detailed theoretical framework for understanding their behavior. .
The authors begin by discussing the key observable phenomena in nanostmctures, including phase interference and weak localization. They then describe quantum confined systems, transmission in nanostructures, quantum dots, and single electron phenomena. Separate chapters are devoted to interference in diffusive transport and temperature decay of fluctuations, and the book concludes with a chapter on non-equilibrium transport and nanodevices. Throughout, the authors interweave experimental results with the appropriate theoretical formalism. ..
The book will be of great interest to graduate students taking courses in mesoscopic physics or nanoelectronics, as well as to anyone working on semiconductor nanostructures or the development of new ultrasmali devices. ...

This book has grown out of our somewhat disorganized attempts to teach the physics and electronics of mesoscopic devices over the past decade. Fortunately, these have evolved into a more consistent approach, and the book tryies to balance experiments and theory in the current understanding of mesoscopic physics. Whenever possible, we attempt to first introduce the important experimental results in this field followed by the relevant theoretical approaches.The focus of the book is on electronic transport in nanostructure systems, and therefore by necessity we have omitted many important aspects of nanostructures such as their optical properties, or details of nanostructure fabrication. Due to length considerations,many germane topics related to transport itself have not received full coverage, or have been referred to by reference. Also, due to enormity of the literature related to this field, we have not included an exhavstive bibiography of nanostructure transport. Rather, we have tried to refer the interested reader to comprehensive review articles and book chapters when possible.

　　本书为英文版。

Preface
Acknowledgements
1 Introduction
1.1 Nanostructures:The impact
1.2 Mesoscopic observables in nanostructures
1.3 Space and time scales
1.4 An introduction to the subsequent chapters
1.5 What is omitted
2 Quantum confined systems
2.1 Nanostrue materials
2.2 Quantization in herojunction system
2.3 Lateral confinement:Quantum wires and quantum dots
2.4 Electronic states in quantum wires and quantum dots
2.5 Magnetic field effects in quantum confined systems
2.6 Screening and collective excitations in low-dimensional systems
2.7 Homogeneous transport in low-dimensional systems
3 Transmission in nanostructures
3.1 Tunneling in planar barrier structures
3.2 Wavefunction treatment of tunneling
3.3 Current in resonant tuueling diodes
3.4 Landauer formula
3.5 The multi-channel case
3.6 Quantized conductance in nanostructures
3.7 Transport in quantum waveguied structures
3.8 Lattice Green's function method
3.9 Multi-probe formula
3.10 Magnetic fields and quantum waveguides
4 Quantum dots and single electron phenomena
5 Interference in diffusive transport
6 Temperature decay of fluctuations
7 Nonequilibrium transport and nanodevices
Index

This book has grown out of our somewhat disorganized attempts to teach the physics and electronics of mesoscopic devices over the past decade. Fortunately, these have evolved into a more consistent approach, and the book tries to balance experiments and theory in the current understanding of mesoscopic physics. Whenever possible, we attempt to first introduce the important experimental results in this field followed by the relevant theoretical approaches. The focus of the book is on electronic transport in nanostructure systems, and therefor..