Electron Transport in Quantum Dots

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. Interactions, Spins and the Kondo Effect in Quantum-Dot Systems

   • S. Tarucha, K. Ono, T. Fujisawa, W. G. van DerWiel, L. P. Kouwenhoven

   Pages 1-42

3. Microwave Spectroscopy on Single and Coupled Quantum Dots

   • R. H. Blick, A. W. Holleitner, H. Qin

   Pages 43-85

4. Nano-Spintronics with Lateral Quantum Dots

   • A. Sachrajda, P. Hawrylak, M. Ciorga

   Pages 87-122

5. Novel Phenomena in Small Individual and Coupled Quantum Dots

   • A. M. Chang, H. Jeong, M. R. Melloch

   Pages 123-157

6. Classical and Quantum Transport in Antidot Arrays

   • D. Weiss, K. Richter, J. Eroms

   Pages 159-208

7. On the Influence of Resonant States on Ballistic Transport in Open Quantum Dots: Spectroscopy and Tunneling in the Presence of Multiple Conducting Channels

   • R. Akis, J. P. Bird, D. Vasileska, D. K. Ferry, A. P. S. de Moura, Y.-C. Lai

   Pages 209-276

8. A Review of Fractal Conductance Fluctuations in Ballistic Semiconductor Devices

   • R. Taylor, R. Newbury, A. Micolich, M. Fromhold, H. Linke, G. Davies et al.

   Pages 277-316

9. Electron Ratchets—Nonlinear Transport in Semiconductor Dot and Antidot Structures

   • H. Linke, A. M. Song

   Pages 317-361

10. Single-Photon Detection with Quantum Dots in the Far-Infrared/Submillimeter-Wave Range

    • O. Astafiev, S. Komiyama

    Pages 363-396

11. Quantum-Dot Cellular Automata

    • C. S. Lent, G. L. Snider, G. Bernstein, W. Porod, A. Orlov, M. Lieberman et al.

    Pages 397-431

12. Carbon Nanotubes for Nanoscale Spin-Electronics

    • B. Alphenaar, S. Chakraborty, K. Tsukagoshi

    Pages 433-456

13. Back Matter

    Pages 457-472

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When I was contacted by Kluwer Academic Publishers in the Fall of 200 I, inviting me to edit a volume of papers on the issue of electron transport in quantum dots, I was excited by what I saw as an ideal opportunity to provide an overview of a field of research that has made significant contributions in recent years, both to our understanding of fundamental physics, and to the development of novel nanoelectronic technologies. The need for such a volume seemed to be made more pressing by the fact that few comprehensive reviews of this topic have appeared in the literature, in spite of the vast activity in this area over the course of the last decade or so. With this motivation, I set out to try to compile a volume that would fairly reflect the wide range of opinions that has emerged in the study of electron transport in quantum dots. Indeed, there has been no effort on my part to ensure any consistency between the different chapters, since I would prefer that this volume instead serve as a useful forum for the debate of critical issues in this still developing field. In this matter, I have been assisted greatly by the excellent series of articles provided by the different authors, who are widely recognized as some of the leaders in this vital area of research.

• chaos
• Coulomb
• design
• electron
• electronics
• electrons
• energy
• microwave
• quantum dot
• resonance
• semiconductor
• semiconductor devices
• spectroscopy
• spintronics
• transmission

• Department of Electrical Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, USA

  Jonathan P. Bird

• Center for Frontier Elecronics and Photonics, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan

  Jonathan P. Bird

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