Handbook of Nanophysics: Nanoelectronics and Nanophotonics

Many bottom-up and top-down techniques for nanomaterial and nanostructure generation have enabled the development of applications in nanoelectronics and nanophotonics. Handbook of Nanophysics: Nanoelectronics and Nanophotonics explores important recent applications of nanophysics in the areas of electronics and photonics. Each peer-reviewed chapter contains a broad-based introduction and enhances understanding of the state-of-the-art scientific content through fundamental equations and illustrations, some in color.

This volume discusses how different nanomaterials, such as quantum dots and nanotubes, are used in quantum computing, capacitors, and transistors. Leading international experts review the potential of the novel patterning techniques in molecular electronics as well as nanolithography approaches for producing semiconductor circuits. They also describe optical properties of nanostructures, nanowires, nanorods, and clusters, including cathodoluminescence, photoluminescence, and polarization-sensitivity. In addition, the book covers nanophotonic devices and nanolasers.

Nanophysics brings together multiple disciplines to determine the structural, electronic, optical, and thermal behavior of nanomaterials; electrical and thermal conductivity; the forces between nanoscale objects; and the transition between classical and quantum behavior. Facilitating communication across many disciplines, this landmark publication encourages scientists with disparate interests to collaborate on interdisciplinary projects and incorporate the theory and methodology of other areas into their work.

Klaus D. Sattler is a professor of physics at the University of Hawaii-Manoa in Honolulu. A pioneer in nanophysics, Dr. Sattler built the first atomic cluster source in 1980, which became a cornerstone for nanoscience and nanotechnology. In 1994, his research group at the University of Hawaii produced the first carbon nanocones. His current research focuses on novel nanomaterials, tunneling spectroscopy of quantum dots, and solar photocatalysis with nanoparticles for the purification of water. Dr. Sattler has been a recipient of the Walter Schottky Prize from the German Physical Society

Computing and Nanoelectronic DevicesQuantum Computing in Spin Nanosystems, Gabriel González and Michael N. LeuenbergerNanomemories Using Self-Organized Quantum Dots, Martin Geller, Andreas Marent, and Dieter BimbergCarbon Nanotube Memory Elements, Vincent Meunier and Bobby G. SumpterFerromagnetic Islands, Arndt Remhof, Andreas Westphalen, and Hartmut ZabelA Single Nano-Dot Embedded in a Plate Capacitor, Gilles Micolau and Damien DeleruyelleNanometer-Sized Ferroelectric Capacitors, Nikolay A. Pertsev, Adrian Petraru, and Hermann KohlstedtSuperconducting Weak Links Made of Carbon Nanostructures, Vincent BouchiatMicromagnetic Modeling of Nanoscale Spin Valves, Bruno Azzerboni, Giancarlo Consolo, and Giovanni FinocchioQuantum Spin Tunneling in Molecular Nanomagnets, Gabriel González and Michael N. LeuenbergerInelastic Electron Transport through Molecular Junctions, Natalya A. ZimbovskayaBridging Biomolecules with Nanoelectronics, Kien Wen Sun and Chia-Ching Chang
Nanoscale TransistorsTransistor Structures for Nanoelectronics, Jean-Pierre Colinge and Jim GreerMetal Nanolayer-Base Transistor, André Avelino PasaZnO Nanowire Field- Effect Transistors, Woong-Ki Hong, Gunho Jo, Sunghoon Song, Jongsun Maeng, and Takhee LeeC60 Field Effect Transistors, Akihiro HashimotoThe Cooper-Pair Transistor, José Aumentado
NanolithographyMultispacer Patterning: A Technology for the Nano Era, Gianfranco Cerofolini, Elisabetta Romano, and Paolo AmatoPatterning and Ordering with Nanoimprint Lithography, Zhijun Hu and Alain M. JonasNanoelectronics Lithography, Stephen Knight, Vivek M. Prabhu, John H. Burnett, James Alexander Liddle, Christopher L. Soles, and Alain C. DieboldExtreme Ultraviolet Lithography, Obert R. Wood II
Optics of NanomaterialsCathodoluminescence of Nanomaterials, Naoki YamamotoOptical Spectroscopy of Nanomaterials, Yoshihiko KanemitsuNanoscale Excitons and Semiconductor Quantum Dots, Vanessa M. Huxter, Jun He, and Gregory D. ScholesOptical Properties of Metal Clusters and Nanoparticles, Emmanuel Cottancin, Michel Broyer, Jean Lermé, and Michel PellarinPhotoluminescence from Silicon Nanostructures, Amir Sa’arPolarization-Sensitive Nanowire and Nanorod Optics, Harry E. Ruda and Alexander ShikNonlinear Optics with Clusters, Sabyasachi Sen and Swapan ChakrabartiSecond-Harmonic Generation in Metal Nanostructures, Marco Finazzi, Giulio Cerullo, and Lamberto DuòNonlinear Optics in Semiconductor Nanostructures, Mikhail Erementchouk and Michael N. LeuenbergerLight Scattering from Nanofibers, Vladimir G. BordoBiomimetics: Photonic Nanostructures, Andrew R. Parker
Nanophotonic DevicesPhoton Localization at the Nanoscale, Kiyoshi KobayashiOperations in Nanophotonics, Suguru Sangu and Kiyoshi KobayashiSystem Architectures for Nanophotonics, Makoto NaruseNanophotonics for Device Operation and Fabrication, Tadashi Kawazoe and Motoichi OhtsuNanophotonic Device Materials, Takashi Yatsui and Wataru NomuraWaveguides for Nanophotonics, Jan Valenta, Tomáš Ostatnický, and Ivan PelantBiomolecular Neuronet Devices, Grigory E. Adamov and Evgeny P. Grebennikov
Nanoscale LasersNanolasers, Marek S. WartakQuantum Dot Laser, Frank JahnkeMode-Locked Quantum-Dot Lasers, Maria A. Cataluna and Edik U. Rafailov
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