Introduction / 1: |
Preliminary remarks / 1.1: |
Mesoscopic transport / 1.2: |
Ballistic transport / 1.2.1: |
The quantum Hall effect and Shubnikov - de Haas oscillations / 1.2.2: |
Size quantization / 1.2.3: |
Phase coherence / 1.2.4: |
Single electron tunnelling and quantum dots / 1.2.5: |
Superlattices / 1.2.6: |
Samples and experimental techniques / 1.2.7: |
An Update of Solid State Physics / 2: |
Crystal structures / 2.1: |
Electronic energy bands / 2.2: |
Occupation of energy bands / 2.3: |
The electronic density of states / 2.3.1: |
Occupation probability and chemical potential / 2.3.2: |
Intrinsic carrier concentration / 2.3.3: |
Envelope wave functions / 2.4: |
Doping / 2.5: |
Diffusive transport and the Boltzmann equation / 2.6: |
The Boltzmann equation / 2.6.1: |
The conductance predicted by the simplified Boltzmann equation / 2.6.2: |
The magneto-resistivity tensor / 2.6.3: |
Scattering mechanisms / 2.7: |
Screening / 2.8: |
Surfaces, Interfaces, and Layered Devices / 3: |
Electronic surface states / 3.1: |
Surface states in one dimension / 3.1.1: |
Surfaces of 3-dimensional crystals / 3.1.2: |
Band bending and Fermi level pinning / 3.1.3: |
Semiconductor-metal interfaces / 3.2: |
Band alignment and Schottky barriers / 3.2.1: |
Ohmic contacts / 3.2.2: |
Semiconductor heterointerfaces / 3.3: |
Field effect transistors and quantum wells / 3.4: |
The silicon metal-oxide-semiconductor FET (Si-MOSFET) / 3.4.1: |
The Ga[Al]As high electron mobility transistor (GaAs-HEMT) / 3.4.2: |
Other types of layered devices / 3.4.3: |
Quantum confined carriers in comparison to bulk carriers / 3.4.4: |
Experimental Techniques / 4: |
Sample fabrication / 4.1: |
Single crystal growth / 4.1.1: |
Growth of layered structures / 4.1.2: |
Lateral patterning / 4.1.3: |
Metallization / 4.1.4: |
Bonding / 4.1.5: |
Elements of cryogenics / 4.2: |
Properties of liquid helium / 4.2.1: |
Helium cryostats / 4.2.2: |
Electronic measurements on nanostructures / 4.3: |
Sample holders / 4.3.1: |
Application and detection of electronic signals / 4.3.2: |
Important Quantities in Mesoscopic Transport / 5: |
Magnetotransport Properties of Quantum Films / 6: |
Landau quantization / 6.1: |
2DEGs in perpendicular magnetic fields / 6.1.1: |
The chemical potential in strong magnetic fields / 6.1.2: |
The quantum Hall effect / 6.2: |
Phenomenology / 6.2.1: |
Origin of the integer quantum Hall effect / 6.2.2: |
The quantum Hall effect and three dimensions / 6.2.3: |
Elementary analysis of Shubnikov-de Haas oscillations / 6.3: |
Some examples of magnetotransport experiments / 6.4: |
Quasi-two-dimensional electron gases / 6.4.1: |
Mapping of the probability density / 6.4.2: |
Displacement of the quantum Hall plateaux / 6.4.3: |
Parallel magnetic fields / 6.5: |
Quantum Wires and Quantum Point Contacts / 7: |
Diffusive quantum wires / 7.1: |
Basic properties / 7.1.1: |
Boundary scattering / 7.1.2: |
Ballistic quantum wires / 7.2: |
Conductance quantization in QPCs / 7.2.1: |
Magnetic field effects / 7.2.3: |
The "0.7 structure" / 7.2.4: |
Four-probe measurements on ballistic quantum wires / 7.2.5: |
The Landauer-Buttiker formalism / 7.3: |
Edge states / 7.3.1: |
Edge channels / 7.3.2: |
Further examples of quantum wires / 7.4: |
Conductance quantization in conventional metals / 7.4.1: |
Carbon nanotubes / 7.4.2: |
Quantum point contact circuits / 7.5: |
Non-ohmic behavior of collinear QPCs / 7.5.1: |
QPCs in parallel / 7.5.2: |
Concluding remarks / 7.6: |
Electronic Phase Coherence / 8: |
The Aharonov-Bohm effect in mesoscopic conductors / 8.1: |
Weak localization / 8.2: |
Universal conductance fluctuations / 8.3: |
Phase coherence in ballistic 2DEGs / 8.4: |
Resonant tunnelling and S - matrices / 8.5: |
Singe Electron Tunnelling / 9: |
The principle of Coulomb blockade / 9.1: |
Basic single electron tunnelling circuits / 9.2: |
Coulomb blockade at the double barrier / 9.2.1: |
Current-voltage characteristics: the Coulomb staircase / 9.2.2: |
The SET transistor / 9.2.3: |
SET circuits with many islands; the single electron pump / 9.3: |
Quantum Dots / 10: |
Phenomenology of quantum dots / 10.1: |
The constant interaction model / 10.2: |
Beyond the constant interaction model / 10.3: |
Shape of conductance resonances and current-voltage characteristics / 10.4: |
Other types of quantum dots / 10.5: |
Mesoscopic Superlattices / 11: |
One-dimensional superlattices / 11.1: |
Two-dimensional superlattices / 11.2: |
SI and cgs Units / A: |
Appendices |
Correlation and Convolution / B: |
Fourier transofrmation / B.1: |
Convolutions / B.2: |
Correlation functions / B.3: |
Capacitance Matrix and Electrostatic Energy / C: |
The Transfer Hamiltonian / D: |
Solutions to Selected Exercises / E: |
References |
Index |
Introduction / 1: |
Preliminary remarks / 1.1: |
Mesoscopic transport / 1.2: |
Ballistic transport / 1.2.1: |
The quantum Hall effect and Shubnikov - de Haas oscillations / 1.2.2: |
Size quantization / 1.2.3: |