Statistical and Dynamical Aspects of Mesoscopic Systems: Proceedings of the XVI Sitges Conference on Statistical Mechanics Held at Sitges, Barcelona, Spain, 7–11 June 1999

K. A. Matveev (auth.), David Reguera, José Miguel Rubí, Gloria Platero, Luis López Bonilla (eds.)3540674780, 9783540674788

Initially a subfield of solid state physics, the study of mesoscopic systems has evolved over the years into a vast field of research in its own right. Keeping track its rapid progress, this book provides a broad survey of the latest developments in the field. The focus is on statistics and dynamics of mesoscopic systems with special emphasis on topics like quantum chaos, localization, noise and fluctuations, mesoscopic optics and quantum transport in nanostructures. Written with nonspecialists in mind, this book will also be useful to graduate students wishing to familiarize themselves with this field of research.

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Table of contents :
Thermopower in Quantum Dots….Pages 3-15
Kondo Effect in Quantum Dots….Pages 16-26
Interpolative Method for Transport Properties of Quantum Dots in the Kondo Regime….Pages 27-34
A New Tool for Studying Phase Coherent Phenomena in Quantum Dots….Pages 35-44
Quantum Chaos and Spectral Transitions in the Kicked Harper Model….Pages 47-61
Quantum Chaos Effects in Mechanical Wave Systems….Pages 62-68
Magnetoconductance in Chaotic Quantum Billiards….Pages 69-78
Shot Noise Induced Charge and Potential Fluctuations of Edge States in Proximity of a Gate….Pages 81-95
Shot-Noise in Non-Degenerate Semiconductors with Energy-Dependent Elastic Scattering….Pages 96-104
Transport and Noise of Entangled Electrons….Pages 105-113
Shot Noise Suppression in Metallic Quantum Point Contacts….Pages 114-122
Driven Tunneling: Chaos and Decoherence….Pages 125-157
A Fermi Pump….Pages 158-167
Transport in Semiconductor Superlattices: From Quantum Kinetics to Terahertz-Photon Detectors….Pages 171-192
Current Self-Oscillations and Chaos in Semiconductor Superlattices….Pages 193-208
Spintronic Spin Accumulation and Thermodynamics….Pages 211-225
Mesoscopic Spin Quantum Coherence….Pages 226-233
Numerical-Scaling Study of the Statistics of Energy Levels at the Anderson Transition….Pages 237-251
Multiple Light Scattering in Nematic Liquid Crystals….Pages 252-262
Two Interacting articles in a Two-Dimensional Random Potential….Pages 263-270
Paramagnetic Meissner Effect in Mesoscopic Superconductors….Pages 273-280
Novel 0D Devices: Carbon-Nanotube Quantum Dots….Pages 281-289
Atomic-Size Conductors….Pages 290-301
Observation of Shell Structure in Sodium Nanowires….Pages 305-305
Strong Charge Fluctuations in the Single-Electron Box: A Quantum Monte Carlo Analysis….Pages 306-306
Double Quantum Dots as Detectors of High-Frequency Quantum Noise in Mesoscopic Conductors….Pages 307-307
1 Large Wigner Molecules and Quantum Dots….Pages 308-308
1 Fundamental Problems for Universal Quantum Computers….Pages 309-309
Kondo Photo-Assisted Transport in Quantum Dots….Pages 310-310
Shot Noise and Coherent Multiple Charge Transfer in Superconducting Quantum Point-Contacts….Pages 311-311
Evidence for Ising Ferromagnetism and First-Order Phase Transitions in the Two-Dimensional Electron Gas….Pages 312-313
Mechanical Properties of Metallic One-Atom Quantum Point Contacts….Pages 314-314
Nanosized Superconducting Constrictions in High Magnetic Fields….Pages 315-315
Interaction-Induced Dephasing in Disordered Electron Systems….Pages 316-316
Resonant Tunneling Through Three Quantum Dots with Interdot Repulsion….Pages 317-317
Spin-Isospin Textures in Quantum Hall Bilayers at Filling Factor ν = 2….Pages 318-318
Hall Resistance of a Two-Dimensional Electron Gas in the Presence of Magnetic Clusters with Large Perpendicular Magnetization….Pages 319-319
Superconductivity Under Magnetic Fields in Nanobridges of Lead….Pages 320-320
Effect of the Measurement on the Decay Rate of a Quantum System….Pages 321-321
Statistics of Intensities in Surface Disordered Waveguides….Pages 322-322
Optical Transmission Through Strong Scattering and Highly Polydisperse Media….Pages 323-323
Interference in Random Lasers….Pages 324-324
Electron Patterns Under Bistable Electro-Optical Absorption in Quantum Well Structures….Pages 325-326
Simulation of Mesoscopic Devices with Bohm Trajectories and Wavepackets….Pages 327-328
Chaotic Motion of Space Charge Monopole Waves in Semiconductors Under Time-Independent Voltage Bias….Pages 329-329
Improving Electron Transport Simulation in Mesoscopic Systems by Coupling a Classical Monte Carlo Algorithm to a Wigner Function Solver….Pages 330-331
Extended States in Correlated-Disorder GaAs/AlGaAs Superlattices….Pages 332-333
Non-Linear Charge Dynamics in Semiconductor Superlattices….Pages 334-335
Time-Dependent Resonant Tunneling in the Presence of an Electromagnetic Field….Pages 336-336
The Interplay of Chaos and Dissipation in a Driven Double-Well Potential….Pages 337-337
Monte Carlo Simulation of Quantum Transport in Semiconductors Using Wigner Paths….Pages 338-339
Transient Currents Through Quantum Dots….Pages 340-341
Ultrafast Coherent Spectroscopy of the Fermi Edge Singularity….Pages 342-342
Self-Consistent Theory of Shot Noise Suppression in Ballistic Conductors….Pages 343-344
Transfer Matrix Formulation of Field-Assisted Tunneling….Pages 345-345
Two-Dimensional Gunn Effect….Pages 346-346
An Explanation for Spikes in Current Oscillations of Doped Superlattices….Pages 347-348
Beyond the Static Aproximation in a Mean Field Quantum Disordered System….Pages 349-349
Quantum-Classical Crossover of the Escape Rate in a Spin System….Pages 350-350