Quantum Transport in Submicron Devices: A Theoretical Introduction

✍ Scribed by Dr. Wim Magnus, Dr. Wim Schoenmaker (auth.)

Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 2002
Tongue: English
Leaves: 275
Series: Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences 137
Edition: 1
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

In this book, the problem of electron and hole transport is approached from the point of view that a coherent and consistent physical theory can be constructed for transport phenomena. Along the road readers will visit some exciting citadels in theoretical physics as the authors guide them through the strong and weak aspects of the various theoretical constructions. Our goal is to make clear the mutual coherence and to put each theoretical model in an appropriate perspective. The mere fact that so many partial solutions have been proposed to describe transport, be it in condensed matter, fluids, or gases, illustrates that we are entering a world of physics with a rich variety of phenomena. Theoretical physics always seeks to provide a unifying picture. By presenting this tour of many very inventive attempts to build such a picture, we hope that the reader is inspired and encouraged to help find the unifying principle behind the many faces of transport.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages I-XVII
Front Matter....Pages 1-2
The Many Faces of Transport....Pages 3-5
Classical Mechanics....Pages 7-26
Mathematical Interlude....Pages 27-33
Quantum Mechanics....Pages 35-51
Single-Particle Quantum Mechanics....Pages 53-77
Second Quantization....Pages 79-98
Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics....Pages 99-114
Non-equilibrium Statistical Mechanics....Pages 115-130
Wigner Distribution Functions....Pages 131-135
Balance Equations....Pages 137-154
Front Matter....Pages 155-156
Velocity—Field Characteristics of a Silicon MOSFET....Pages 157-167
Gate Leakage Currents....Pages 169-187
Quantum Transport in Vertical Devices....Pages 189-207
An Exactly Solvable Electron—Phonon System....Pages 209-219
Open Versus Closed Systems....Pages 221-224
Conductance Quantization....Pages 225-244
Transport in Quantum Wires....Pages 245-249
Future Work....Pages 251-260
Back Matter....Pages 261-270

✦ Subjects

Optical and Electronic Materials; Nanotechnology; Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation; Engineering, general

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