Applied Quantum Mechanics

* An applied focus for electrical engineers and materials scientists.
* Theoretical results supported with real-world systems and applications.
* Includes worked examples and self-study questions.
* Solutions manual available.

Hagelstein (Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology) introduces beginning graduate students in engineering to fundamental concepts of quantum physics and their application to electrical engineering, applied physics, and materials science. Coverage is not intended to be all-encompassing, but rather focuses on areas of specific interest to engineering students, with chapters progressing from foundations to the time-dependent Schrödinger equation and statistical mechanics. Theoretical results are supported with examples of real-world systems and applications, and worked examples and chapter problems are included. Twenty-two mathematical appendices are included. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

PETER L. HAGELSTEIN is an associate professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT. He is a principal investigator in the Optics and Quantum Electronics Group of the Research Laboratory of Electronics.
STEPHEN D. SENTURIA formerly held the Barton L. Weller Chair in Electrical Engineering at MIT. He retired in 2002, and currently serves as Chairman and Chief Technology Officer of Polychromix, Inc. in Woburn, Massachusetts. He is Senior Editor of the ASME/IEEE Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems.
TERRY P. ORLANDO is a professor of electrical engineering and principal investigator at the Research Laboratory of Electronics at MIT. His research focuses on superconducting circuits for quantum computation and nonlinear dynamics.