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Lecture 1: Introduction |
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Lecture 2: Nanofabrication and characterization |
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Lecture 3: Quantum particle in a box |
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Lecture 4: Tunnel junctions |
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Lecture 5: Coulomb blockade |
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Lecture 6: Single electron island |
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Lecture 7: Double tunnel junction |
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Lecture 8: Single electron transistor |
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Lecture 9: Two dimensional electron gas (2DEG) |
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Lecture 10: Nanowires, quantization of electrical resistance |
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Lecture 11: Quantum point contact |
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Lecture 12: Quantum dots; molecular electronics |
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Post-midterm reading list (partial) |
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Lecture 13: Carbon nanotubes |
Homeworks:
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Homework 1 |
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Homework 2 |
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Homework 3 |
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Possible paper topics |
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Homework 4 (due June 6, 2003 @ 5 p.m.) |
Course Outline
Week 1 – Introduction to nanoscale systems.
Length, energy, and time scales.
Week 2 – Top-down approach to nanolithography. Spatial resolution of
optical, deep-ultraviolet, x-ray, electron beam, and ion beam lithography.
Week 3 – Single electron transistors, coulomb blockade effects in
ultra-small metallic tunnel junctions.
Week 4 – Quantum confinement of electrons in semiconductor
nanostructures:
two-dimensional confinement (quantum wells). Band gap engineering. Epitaxy.
Week 5 – Landauer-Buttiker formalism for conduction in confined
geometries.
Week 6 – One-dimensional confinement: quantum point contacts, quantum
dots.
Week 7 – Bottom-up approach. Chemical self-assembly, carbon nanotubes.
Week 8 – Molecular electronics. Self-assembled monolayers.
Electrochemical techniques; applications in biological and chemical detection.
Week 9 – Atomic scale characterization techniques: scanning tunneling
microscopy, atomic force microscopy.
Week 10 – Introduction to quantum methods of information processing.
Required Text Books
There is no required text. There will be a set of handouts at the copy center at the beginning of the quarter.
Optional Text Books
Additional handouts will be provided from the following
books:
David Ferry, Transport in
Nanostructures, Cambridge University Press, 2000.
Y. Imry, Introduction to Mesoscopic Physics, Oxford University Press,
1997.
S. Datta, Electron Transport in Mesoscopic Systems, Cambridge University
Press, 1995.
H. Grabert and M. Devoret, Single Charge Tunneling, Plenum Press, 1992.
Beenaker and Van Houten, Quantum Transport in Semiconductor Nanostructures,
in Solid State Physics v. 44, eds. Ehernreich and Turnbull, Academic
Press, 1991.
P. Rai-Choudhury,
Handbook of Microlithography, Micromachining & Microfabrication,
SPIE, 1997.
Computer Usage: Computer usage is not required.
Laboratory Projects: None.
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