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Highlights in Condensed Matter Physics and Future Prospects

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  • © 1991

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Editors:
  1. Leo Esaki

    1. IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, USA

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Part of the book series: NATO Science Series B: (NSSB, volume 285)

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Table of contents (30 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Opening

    1. Welcoming Address

      • Leo Esaki
      Pages 1-2

    2. Opening Address

      • Jacques Ducuing
      Pages 3-6

  3. Quantum Hall Effect

    1. Quantum Hall Effect

      • K. von Klitzing
      Pages 7-22

    2. Fractional Quantum Hall Effect

      • D. C. Tsui
      Pages 23-33

    3. Theory and Implications of the Fractional Quantum Hall Effect

      • S. M. Girvin
      Pages 35-54

  4. Semiconductor Quantum Structures

    1. Implications of Semiconductor Superlattice Research

      • L. Esaki
      Pages 55-82

    2. Materials and Physics Aspects of Quantum Heterostructures

      • L. L. Chang
      Pages 83-115

    3. Electronic Energy Levels in Semiconductor Quantum Wells and Superlattices

      • G. Bastard, R. Ferreira
      Pages 117-142

    4. III–V Versus II–VI Compound Superlattices

      • Michel Voos
      Pages 143-160

    5. The First Principles View of Superlattices

      • Hiroshi Kamimura
      Pages 161-189

    6. Inelastic Light Scattering in Semiconductor Quantum Structures

      • G. Abstreiter
      Pages 191-207

    7. Spectroscopic Investigations of Quantum Wires and Quantum Dots

      • D. Heitmann, T. Demel, P. Grambow, M. Kohl, K. Ploog
      Pages 209-241

    8. Electron Optics in a Two-Dimensional Electron Gas

      • H. van Houten
      Pages 243-274

    9. Some Recent Developments in the Physics of Resonant Tunneling

      • L. Eaves
      Pages 275-292

    10. Nonlinear Optics and Optoelectronics in Quasi Two Dimensional Semiconductor Structures

      • D. S. Chemla
      Pages 293-332

    11. Correlated Tunnel Events in Arrays of Ultrasmall Junctions

      • T. Claeson, P. Delsing
      Pages 333-364

  5. High Temperature Superconductivity

    1. High Tc Superconductors: A Conservative View

      • J. Friedel
      Pages 365-376

    2. High-Energy Spectroscopy Studies of High Tc Superconductors

      • J. Fink, N. Nücker, H. Romberg, M. Alexander, P. Adelmann, R. Claessen et al.
      Pages 377-398

    3. The Role of the Short and Anisotropic Coherence Length

      • G. Deutscher
      Pages 399-413
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This volume contains the proceedings of the first NATO Science Forum "Highlights of the Eighties and Future Prospects in Condensed Matter Physics" (sponsored by the NATO Scientific Affairs Division), which took place in September, 1990, in the pleasant surroundings provided by the Hotel du Palais at Biarritz, France. One hundred distinguished physicists from seventeen countries, including six Nobellaureates, were invited to participate in the four and a half day meeting. Focusing on three evolving frontiers: semiconductor quantum structures, including the subject of the quantumHall effect (QHE), high temperature superconductivity (HiTc) and scanning tunneling microscopy (STM), the Forum provided an opportunity to evaluate, in depth, each of the frontiers, by reviewing the progress made during the last few years and, more importantly, exploring their implications for the future. Though serious scientists are not "prophets," all of the participants showed a strong interest in this unique format and addressed the questions of future prospects, either by extrapolating from what has been known, or by a stretch of their "educated" imagination.

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  • IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, USA

    Leo Esaki

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