Statistical and Dynamical Aspects of Mesoscopic Systems

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XII

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2. Quantum Dots

   1. Thermopower in Quantum Dots

      • K. A. Matveev

      Pages 3-15

   2. Kondo Effect in Quantum Dots

      • L. I. Glazman, F. W. J. Hekking, A. I. Larkin

      Pages 16-26

   3. Interpolative Method for Transport Properties of Quantum Dots in the Kondo Regime

      • A. Levy Yeyati, A. Martín-Rodero, F. Flores

      Pages 27-34

   4. A New Tool for Studying Phase Coherent Phenomena in Quantum Dots

      • R. H. Blick, A. W. Holleitner, H. Qin, F. Simmel, A. V. Ustinov, K. Eberl et al.

      Pages 35-44

3. Quantum Chaos

   1. Quantum Chaos and Spectral Transitions in the Kicked Harper Model

      • Karsten Kruse, Roland Ketzmerick, Theo Geisel

      Pages 47-61

   2. Quantum Chaos Effects in Mechanical Wave Systems

      • Stephen W. Teitsworth

      Pages 62-68

   3. Magnetoconductance in Chaotic Quantum Billiards

      • E. Louis, J. A. Vergés

      Pages 69-78

4. Time-Dependent Phenomena

   1. Shot Noise Induced Charge and Potential Fluctuations of Edge States in Proximity of a Gate

      • Markus Büttiker

      Pages 81-95

   2. Shot-Noise in Non-Degenerate Semiconductors with Energy-Dependent Elastic Scattering

      • H. Schomerus, E. G. Mishchenko, C. W. J. Beenakker

      Pages 96-104

   3. Transport and Noise of Entangled Electrons

      • Eugene V. Sukhorukov, Daniel Loss, Guido Burkard

      Pages 105-113

   4. Shot Noise Suppression in Metallic Quantum Point Contacts

      • H. E. van den Brom, J. M. van Ruitenbeek

      Pages 114-122

5. Driven Tunneling

   1. Driven Tunneling: Chaos and Decoherence

      • Peter Hänggi, Sigmund Kohler, Thomas Dittrich

      Pages 125-157

   2. A Fermi Pump

      • Mathias Wagner, Fernando Sols

      Pages 158-167

6. Transport in Semiconductor Superlattices

   1. Transport in Semiconductor Superlattices: From Quantum Kinetics to Terahertz-Photon Detectors

      • A. P. Jauho, A. Wacker, A. A. Ignatov

      Pages 171-192

   2. Current Self-Oscillations and Chaos in Semiconductor Superlattices

      • H. T. Grahn

      Pages 193-208

7. Spin Properties

   1. Spintronic Spin Accumulation and Thermodynamics

      • A. H. MacDonald

      Pages 211-225

   2. Mesoscopic Spin Quantum Coherence

      • J. M. Hernandez, J. Tejada, E. del Barco, N. Vernier, G. Bellessa, E. Chudnovsky

      Pages 226-233

8. Random Systems and Localization

   1. Numerical-Scaling Study of the Statistics of Energy Levels at the Anderson Transition

      • I. Kh. Zharekeshev, B. Kramer

      Pages 237-251

   2. Multiple Light Scattering in Nematic Liquid Crystals

      • D. S. Wiersma, A. Muzzi, M. Colocci, R. Righini

      Pages 252-262

Initially a subfield of solid state physics, the study of mesoscopic systems has evolved over the years into a vast field of research in its own right. Keeping track its rapid progress, this book provides a broad survey of the latest developments in the field. The focus is on statistics and dynamics of mesoscopic systems with special emphasis on topics like quantum chaos, localization, noise and fluctuations, mesoscopic optics and quantum transport in nanostructures. Written with nonspecialists in mind, this book will also be useful to graduate students wishing to familiarize themselves with this field of research.

• Cluster
• Nanotube
• magnetism
• mechanics
• optics
• quantum chaos
• semiconductor
• spectroscopy
• superconductor
• thermodynamics

• Departament de Física Fonamental, Universita de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

  David Reguera, José Miguel Rubí

• Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales (CSIC), Madrid, Spain

  Gloria Platero

• Departamento de Matemáticas Escuela Politécnica Superior, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Leganés, Spain

  Luis López Bonilla

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