SUBJECT
Title
Nonequilibrium transport in nanosystems
Type of instruction
lecture
Level
master
Faculty
Part of degree program
Credits
3
Recommended in
Semester 3
Typically offered in
Autumn semester
Course description
Introduction to nanophysics.Relation between the scattering matrix and the Landauer-Buttiker formula, the transfer matrix and the Green's function approach. Ballistic and diffusive transport, the Ohm’s law in nanostructure, Aharonov–Bohm effect, quantum Hall effect, weak localization, universal conductance fluctuation, spintronics, graphene.
Readings
required readings:
- S. Datta: Electronic Transport in Mesoscopic Systems, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1995
recommended readings:
- D. K. Ferry and S. M. Goodnick: Transport in Nanostructures, (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1997),
- T. Heinzel: Mesoscopic Electronics in Solid State Nanostructures, (Wiley-VCH GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim, 2003).