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 behavior. 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.

A comprehensive, detailed description of the properties and behaviour of mesoscopic devices.

David Ferry is Regents' Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Arizona State University. His areas of research include nanoelectronic devices, quantum transport, and nonequilibrium transport. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, and of the Institute of Physics (UK).

Stephen M. Goodnick is Director of the Arizona Institute for Nanoelectronics and Professor of Electrical Engineering at Arizona State University, where he researches transport in semiconductor devices, computational electronics, quantum and nanostructured devices and device technology.

Jonathan Bird is a Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University at Buffalo. His research interests lie in the area of nanoelectronics. He is the co-author of more than two hundred peer-reviewed publications, and of undergraduate and graduate textbooks.