Interacting Electrons in Nanostructures

M. Pustilnik, L. I. Glazman, D. H. Cobden, L. P. Kouwenhoven (auth.), Prof. Rolf Haug, Prof. Herbert Schoeller (eds.)3540422226, 9783540422228

The exciting field of nanostructured materials offers many challenging perspectives for fundamental research and technological applications. The combination of quantum mechanics, interaction, phase coherence, and magnetism are important for understanding many physical phenomena in these systems. This book provides an overview of many aspects of interacting electrons in nanostructures, including such interesting topics as quantum dots, quantum wires, molecular electronics, dephasing, spintronics, and nanomechanics. The content reflects the current research in this area and is written by leading experts in the field.

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Table of contents :
Magnetic-Field-Induced Kondo Effects in Coulomb Blockade Systems….Pages 3-24
Quantum Optics in Transport: Dicke Effect and Dark Resonances in Dots and Wires….Pages 25-45
Superconductors, Quantum Dots, and Spin Entanglement….Pages 46-66
Correlations in Electronic Properties of Semiconductor Quantum Wires….Pages 69-83
Fluctuations and Superconductivity in One Dimension: Quantum Phase Slips….Pages 84-102
Molecular Electronics: A Review of Metal-Molecule-Metal Junctions….Pages 105-124
Luttinger Liquid Behavior in Metallic Carbon Nanotubes….Pages 125-146
Capacitance, Charge Fluctuations and Dephasing in Coulomb Coupled Conductors….Pages 149-164
On the Detection of Quantum Noise and Low-Temperature Dephasing….Pages 165-177
Spintronics: Spin Electronics and Optoelectronics in Semiconductors….Pages 181-194
Theory of Ferromagnetism in Diluted Magnetic Semiconductors….Pages 195-212
Nano-Electromechanical Systems: Displacement Detection and the Mechanical Single Electron Shuttle….Pages 215-227