1st Edition

An Introduction to Quantum Transport in Semiconductors

By David K. Ferry Copyright 2018
538 Pages 20 Color & 73 B/W Illustrations
by Jenny Stanford Publishing

538 Pages 20 Color & 73 B/W Illustrations
by Jenny Stanford Publishing

Throughout their college career, most engineering students have done problems and studies that are basically situated in the classical world. Some may have taken quantum mechanics as their chosen field of study. This book moves beyond the basics to highlight the full quantum mechanical nature of the transport of carriers through nanoelectronic structures. The book is unique in that addresses... Read more

Introduction

Approaches to Quantum Transport

Equilibrium Green’s Functions

The Interaction Representation

The Role of Temperature

Quantum Devices

The Density Matrix

The Wigner Function

Real-Time Green’s Functions I

Real-Time Green’s Functions II

Relativistic Quantum Transport

Biography

David K. Ferry is Regents’ Professor in the School of Electrical, Computer, and Energy Engineering at Arizona State University (ASU), USA. He is also graduate faculty in the Department of Physics and the Materials Science and Engineering program at ASU, as well as visiting professor at Chiba University, Japan. He came to ASU in 1983 following shorter stints at Texas Tech University, the Office of Naval Research, and Colorado State University. In the distant past, he received his doctorate from the University of Texas, Austin, and spent a postdoctoral period at the University of Vienna, Austria. He enjoys teaching (which he refers to as "warping young minds") and research. The latter is focused on semiconductors, particularly as they apply to nanotechnology and integrated circuits, as well as quantum effects in devices. In 1999, he received the Cledo Brunetti Award from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. He is a fellow of this group as well as the American Physical Society and the Institute of Physics, UK. He has been a Tennessee Squire since 1971 and an admiral in the Texas Navy since 1973.

"An essential textbook for advanced graduate students in electrical engineering or physics" - zbMATH