Transport in Nanostructures

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 advances in theoretical understanding of mesoscopic systems or nanostructures. This book has been thoroughly revised and provides a much-needed update on the very latest experimental research into mesoscopic devices and develops a detailed theoretical framework for understanding their behaviour. Beginning with the key observable phenomena in nanostructures, the authors describe quantum confined systems, transmission in nanostructures, quantum dots, and single electron phenomena. Separate chapters are devoted to interference in diffusive transport, temperature decay of fluctuations, and non-equilibrium transport and nanodevices. Throughout the book, 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, and researchers working on semiconductor nanostructures.

David K. Ferry is Regents' Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Arizona State University. Stephen M. Goodnick is Director of the Arizona Institute for Nanoelectronics, and Professor of Electrical Engineering at Arizona State University. Jonathan Bird is a Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering of the University at Buffalo and a Visiting Professor in the Graduate School of Advanced Integration Science, Chiba University.