| 33205 Transport in nanostructures |
| Danish title: Transport i nanostrukturer |
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Language: English ECTS-creditpoints: 5, External examination.
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| Type: , course at phd level, open university |
| Program: Physics |
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Class schedule:
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E3-A
Start Autuum 2002 |
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Exam schedule:
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F3-A (maj 31 2002), E3-A (dec 15 2001) |
| Recommended semester: 7th - 9th semester |
| Scope and form: Lectures, group work, exercises |
| Evaluation: Project report
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| Examination: 13-scale |
| Prerequisites: Basic knowledge of solid state physics on the level of e.g. Solid State Physics 10300 or Physics of Quantum-Based Electronic Components 10306 |
| Aim: The technology to fabricate mesoscopic and nanoscopic devices is presently making rapid progress. These systems, in addition to their potential applications in future's electronics, have many fascinating physical properties, and their study forms a central topic in modern solid state physics. The overall goal of this course is to give the student an insight in this rapid progress, and at the same time provide the basic theoretical tools which are used to describe this physics. |
| Contents: The first part of the course follows the text-book "Transport in Nanostructures" by D.K.Ferry and S.M.Goodnick, and the following topics will be covered: ballistic transport, tunneling, interference (including weak localization and conductance fluctuations), collective phenomena in low dimensional systems, and nonequilibrium effects. The second part of the course gives an introduction to field theoretic methods applied to transport in nanostructures, and uses examples from recent scientific papers to illustrate their use. |
| Remarks: The course is given first time in September 2002. |
| Contact: Antti-Pekka Jauho, building 345ø, (+45) 4525 5795, antti@mic.dtu.dk |
| Department: 033 Mikroelektronik Centret |
| Keywords: quantum transport, mesoscopic phenomena, molecular electronics |
| Updated: 27-06-2001 |
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