Future Trends in Microelectronics: Up the Nano Creek

Serge Luryi, Jimmy Xu, Alex Zaslavsky0470081465, 9780470081464, 9780470168257

In this book leading profesionals in the semiconductor microelectronics field discuss the future evolution of their profession. The following are some of the questions discussed:Does CMOS technology have a real problem?Do transistors have to be smaller or just better and made of better materials?What is to come after semiconductors?Superconductors or molecular conductors?Is bottom-up self-assembling the answer to the limitation of top-down lithography?Is it time for Optics to become a force in computer evolution?Quantum Computing, Spintronics?Where is the printable plastic electronics proposed 10 years ago?Are carbon nanotube transistors the CMOS of the future?

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Table of contents :
FUTURE TRENDS IN MICROELECTRONICS……Page 1
CONTENTS……Page 8
Preface……Page 12
1 PHYSICS: THE FOUNDATIONS……Page 20
Is Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computation Really Possible?……Page 21
Quantum Computation – Future of Microelectronics?……Page 36
Semiconductor Spintronics: Progress and Challenges……Page 45
Towards Semiconductor Spin Logic……Page 58
Molecular Meso- and Nanodevices: Are the Molecules Conducting?……Page 68
The Problem of a Perfect Lens Made From a Slab With Negative Refraction……Page 78
Is There a Linewidth Theory for Semiconductor Lasers?……Page 85
Fermi Liquid Behavior of GaAs Quantum Wires……Page 94
2 BIOLOGY: WE ARE ALL ZOA……Page 106
Towards Molecular Medicine……Page 107
lnterfacing the Brain – With Microelectronics?……Page 118
Synthetic Biology: Synthesis and Modification of a Chemical Called Poliovirus……Page 130
Guided Evolution in Interacting Microchemostat Arrays for Optimization of Photobacterial Hydrogen Production……Page 139
Improvements in Light Emitters by Controlling Spontaneous Emission: From LEDs to Biochips……Page 152
3 ELECTRONICS: CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS……Page 170
Nanomanufacturing Technology: Exa-Units at Nano-Dollars……Page 171
32 nm: Lithography at a Crossroad……Page 184
Physical Limits of Silicon CMOS: Real Showstopper or Wrong Problem?……Page 196
Will the Insulated Gate Transistor Concept Survive Next Decade?……Page 209
Scaling Limits of Silicon CMOS and Non-Silicon Opportunities……Page 220
Carbon-Nanotu be Solutions for the Post-CMOS-Scaling World……Page 229
Alternatives to Silicon: Will Our Best Be Anywhere Good Enough in Time?……Page 241
MRAM Downscaling Challenges……Page 248
Atomically Controlled Processing for Future Si-Based Devices……Page 263
Ultimate VLSI Clocking Using Passive Serial Distribution……Page 276
Origin of 1/f Noise in MOS Devices: Concluding a Noisy Debate……Page 294
Quasiballistic Transport in Nano-MOSFETs……Page 304
Absolute Negative Resistance in Ballistic Variable Threshold Field Effect Transistor……Page 313
Formation of Three-Dimensional SiGe Quantum Dot Crystals……Page 321
Robust Metallic Interconnects for Flexible Electronics and Bioelectronics……Page 331
4 PHOTONICS: LIGHT TO THE RESCUE……Page 344
Silicon Photonics – Optics to the Chip at Last?……Page 345
The Future of Single- to Multi-Band Detector Technologies……Page 352
Terahertz Quantum Cascade Lasers and Real-Time T-Ray Imaging……Page 364
Terahertz Spectroscopy and Imaging……Page 376
Wavelength Tuning of Interband Cascade Lasers Based on the Stark Effect……Page 386
lntersubband Quantum-Box Lasers: An Update……Page 397
A New Class of Semiconductors Using Quantum Confinement of Silicon in a Dielectric Matrix……Page 408
Merging Nanoepitaxy and Nanophotonics……Page 418
Quantum Control of the Dynamics of a Semiconductor Quantum Well……Page 449
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS……Page 458
INDEX……Page 468