This updated and expanded third edition of this successful work includes a new, comprehensive introduction to the recursive Green's function technique applied to model solid state nanostructures.
From the contents:
* An Update of Solid State Physics
* Surfaces, Interfaces, and Layered Devices
* Experimental Techniques
* Important Quantities in Mesoscopic Transport
* Magnetotransport Properties of Quantum Films
* Quantum Wires and Quantum Point Contacts
* Theory of Ballistic Transport
* Electronic Phase Coherence
* Single Electron Tunneling
* Quantum Dots
* Mesoscopic Superlattices
* Spintronics
Focusing on the physical background as well as on technical details of the technology, this is a must-have textbook for beginners in the field.