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"This book gives an account of a number of recent developments in two different subfields of research, optics and micro--electronics. The leading principle in presenting them together in one book is the striking similarity between a variety of notions in these two research areas. We mention in this respect tunneling, quantum interference and localization, which are important concepts in quantummechanics and more specifically in condensed matter physics. Miniaturization in solid state engineering has led to new phenomena in which these concepts play their significant roles. As it is the wave character of electrons which is strongly emphasized in these phenomena one's attention is quite naturally directed to the field of optics in which the above quantum-mechanical notions all seem to have their direct classical wavemechanical counterparts. Both micro--electronics and optics have been and still are in a mode of intensifying activity. The possibilities to technically ""translate"" devices developed within one research field to similar devices in the other field are strongly increasing. This opens, among other things, a door leading to ""quantummechanics"" on a macroscopic scale with visible light under relatively easily accessible experimental conditions, or to ""wave optics II in the domain of solid state physics. Thinking in terms of analogies is important anyhow, but it is especially the cross-fertilization between optics and micro--electronics which according to the editors will lead to deepened insights and a new type of technology."

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Author:   W. van Haeringen ,  D. Lenstra
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1990
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.421kg
ISBN:  

9789401074001

ISBN 10:   9401074003
Pages:   262
Publication Date:   27 September 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

I: Principles and Basic Concepts.- 1. Playing with electrons and photons in rings.- 2. What to expect from similarities between the Schrödinger and Maxwell equations.- 3. Synergetics as a theory of analogous behavior of systems.- 4. Density of states of electrons and electromagnetic waves in one-dimensional random media.- 5. Classical light waves and spinors.- II: Coherent Optics.- 6. Towards observation of Anderson localization of light.- 7. Photon localization: the inhibition of electromagnetism in certain dielectrics.- 8. Photonic band structure.- 9. Optical level crossings.- 10. Berry’s phases in optics.- III: Coherent Electronics.- 11. Aharonov-Bohm oscillations and non-local electronic conduction.- 12. Phase-sensitive voltage measurements.- 13. Quantum point contacts and coherent electron focusing.- 14. Charge build-up and intrinsic bistability in resonant tunneling.- 15. Electrons as guided waves in laboratory structures: strengths and problems.

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