DI GASPARE LUCIANA
(syllabus)
HETEROJUNCTIONS AND HETEROSTRUCTURES. 2, 1, -0 DIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS: ELECTRONIC STATES AND DENSITY OF STATES. 2DIMENSIONAL ELECTRON GASES. CHARACTERISTICS LENGTHS FOR THE ELECTRICAL TRANSPORT IN LOW DIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS. T-MATRICES AN RESONANT TUNNELLING. INTERFERENCE OF WAVE FUNCTIONS. AHARONOV-BOHM EFFECT. BALISTIC TRANSPORT AND CONDUCTANCE QUANTIZATION IN 1D SYSTEMS. MAGNETOTRANSPORT: SHUBNIKOV-DE HAAS OSCILLATIONS AND QUANTUM HALL EFFECT. SINGLE ELECTRON TUNNELING AND COULOMB BLOCKAFDE EFFECTS. SINGLE ELECTRON TRANSISTOR. GRAPHENE: STRUCTURAL AND ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES. OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF NANOSTRUCTURES: INTERBAND TRANSITIONS IN QUANTUM WELLS; EXCITONS IN 2D SYSTEMS; INTERSUBBANDTRANSITIONS. LIGHT-EMITTERS: GAIN COEFFICIENT; DIODE LASERS, HETEROSTRUCTURE LASERS, QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS (BRIEF).
(reference books)
DATTA S.: ELECTRONIC TRANSPORT IN MESOSCOPIC SYSTEMS [CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS ] FERRY D.K. AND GOODNICK S.M.: TRANSPORT IN NANOSTRUCTURES [CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS ] DAVIES J. H. : THE PHYSICS OF LOW DIMENSIONAL SEMICONDUCTORS [CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS)
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