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Fundamental Problems of Mesoscopic Physics: Interactions and Decoherence

By Igor V. Lerner , Boris L. Altshuler , Yuval Gefen

Book information

Publisher
Springer
Year
2004
ISBN
1402021925, 9781402021923, 9781402021930
Open Library ID
OL11634006M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (4757892 bytes)
Series
NATO Science Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry
Edition
1
Pages
386\386
Topic
Physics
Library
Kolxo3
Time added
2009-07-20 03:45:11

Description

Mesoscopic physics deals with effects at submicron and nanoscales where the conventional wisdom of macroscopic averaging is no longer applicable. A wide variety of new devices have recently evolved, all extremely promising for major novel directions in technology, including carbon nanotubes, ballistic quantum dots, hybrid mesoscopic junctions made of different type of normal, superconducting and ferromagnetic materials. This, in turn, demands a profound understanding of fundamental physical phenomena on mesoscopic scales. As a result, the forefront of fundamental research in condensed matter has been moved to the areas where the interplay between electron-electron interactions and quantum interference of phase-coherent electrons scattered by impurities and/or boundaries is the key to such understanding. An understanding of decoherence as well as other effects of the interactions is crucial for developing future electronic, photonic and spintronic devices, including the element base for quantum computation.

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