Introduction to Mesoscopic Physics [Hardcover]

Mesoscopic physics refers to the physics of structures larger than a nanometer (one billionth of a meter) but smaller than a micrometer (one millionth of a meter). This size range is the stage on which the exciting new research on submicroscopic and electronic and mechanical devices is being done. This research often crosses the boundary between physics and engineering, since engineering such tiny electronic components requires a firm grasp of quantum physics. Applications for the future may include such wonders as microscopic robot surgeons that travel through the blood stream to repair clogged arteries, submicroscopic actuators and builders, and supercomputers that fit on the head of a pin. The world of the future is being planned and built by physicists, engineers, and chemists working in the microscopic realm. This book can be used as the main text in a course on mesoscopic physics or as a supplementary text in electronic devices, semiconductor devices, and condensed matter physics courses.

1. Introduction to a Brief Review of Experimentally Available Systems
2. Quantum Transport, Anderson Localization
3. Dephasing by Coupling with the Environment, Applications to Coloumb Electron-Electron Interaction in Metals
4. Mesoscopic Effects in Equilibrium and Static Properties
5. Quantum Interference Effects in Transport Properties, the Landauer Formulation and Applications
6. The Quantum Hall Effect (QHE)
7. Mesoscopics with Superconductivity
8. Noise in Mesoscopic Systems

A propitious beginning for Oxford University Press's series Mesoscopic Physics and Nanotechnology. This is an area of physics in which there has been recent explosive development, made possible by nanofabrication methods and equipment, the development of which has been driven in turn by the technological goal of achieving ever denser digital electronic circuitry. As the physical limits of conventional electronic devices are approached, the understanding of the reml#,