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020			_a9789814745864
040			_cIIT Kanpur
041			_aeng
082			_a621.38152 _bF418i
100			_aFerry, David K.
245			_aAn introduction to quantum transport in semiconductors _cDavid K. Ferry
260			_bPan Stanford Publishing _c2018 _aSingapore
300			_axi, 526p
520			_aThroughout 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 quantum transport only in the materials that are of interest to microelectronics―semiconductors, with their variable densities and effective masses. The author develops Green’s functions starting from equilibrium Green’s functions and going through modern time-dependent approaches to non-equilibrium Green’s functions, introduces relativistic bands for graphene and topological insulators and discusses the quantum transport changes that these bands induce, and discusses applications such as weak localization and phase breaking processes, resonant tunneling diodes, single-electron tunneling, and entanglement. Furthermore, he also explains modern ensemble Monte Carlo approaches to simulation of various approaches to quantum transport and the hydrodynamic approaches to quantum transport. All in all, the book describes all approaches to quantum transport in semiconductors, thus becoming an essential textbook for advanced graduate students in electrical engineering or physics.
650			_aSemiconductors
650			_aQuantum theory
650			_aTransport theory
942			_cBK
999			_c560980 _d560980