Quantum Transport in Semiconductor Submicron Structures: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute, Bad Lauterberg, Germany, August 20-31, 1995 (Nato Science Series E: Book 326)

The articles in this book have been selected from the lectures of a NATO Advanced Study Institute held at Bad Lauterberg (Germany) in August 1995. Internationally well-known researchers in the field of mesoscopic quantum physics provide insight into the fundamental physics underlying the mesoscopic transport phenomena in structured semiconductor inversion layers. In addition, some of the most recent achievements are reported in contributed papers. The aim of the volume is not to give an overview over the field. Instead, emphasis is on interaction and correlation phenomena that turn out to be of increasing importance for the understanding of the phenomena in the quantum Hall regime, and in the transport through quantum dots. The present status of the quantum Hall experiments and theory is reviewed. As a "key example" for non-Fermi liquid behavior the Luttinger liquid is introduced, including some of the most recent developments. It is not only of importance for the fractional quantum Hall effect, but also for the understanding of transport in quantum wires. Furthermore, the chaotic and the correlation aspects of the transport in quantum dot systems are described. The status of the experimental work in the area of persistent currents in semiconductor systems is outlined. The construction of one of the first single-electron transistors is reported. The theoretical approach to mesoscopic transport, presently a most active area, is treated, and some aspects of time-dependent transport phenomena are also discussed. Front Matter....Pages i-xiii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Quantum Transport in Nano-Structured Semiconductors....Pages 3-18 Front Matter....Pages 19-19 Quantum Hall Effect Experiments....Pages 21-62 Incompressibilis Ergo Sum: Skyrmions and Edge States in the Quantum Hall Effect ....Pages 63-91 Front Matter....Pages 93-93 The Luttinger Liquid....Pages 95-131 Friedel Oscillations in Luttinger Liquids....Pages 133-158 Transport Through a Single-Band Wire Connected to Measuring Leads....Pages 159-172 Delocalization of Certain Two-Particle States by Short Range Interactions in Anderson Insulators....Pages 173-182 Front Matter....Pages 183-183 Transport in Electric and Magnetic Lateral Superlattices....Pages 185-206 How to Measure Persistent Currents in a Mesoscopic Ring....Pages 207-219 Theory of Quantum Dot Transport....Pages 221-238 Phase Transitions in Artificial Atoms....Pages 239-249 Coulomb Blockade in a Silicon Mosset....Pages 251-260 Front Matter....Pages 261-261 Basic Elements of Electrical Conduction....Pages 263-291 The Landauer Resistivity Dipole....Pages 293-302 Electron-Phonon Scattering Rates in 2d Systems....Pages 303-313 Front Matter....Pages 315-315 Shot-Noise Suppression in the Single-Electron Tunneling Regime....Pages 317-326 Resonant Tunneling Through Nanostructures in Ac Fields....Pages 327-351 Corrections to the Drude Conductivity in Systems under Microwave Irradiation....Pages 353-364 Simulations of Partition Noise Suppression....Pages 365-374 Electron Spin Resonance in the Domain of the Fractional Quantum Hall Effect....Pages 375-381 Back Matter....Pages 383-385 The quantum transport phenomena observed in semiconductor-based nanostructures over the past decade are described by the leading researchers in the field. Key articles describe the status of the quantum Hall effect, quantum dot transport, the theory of mesoscopic transport properties and a survey of mesoscopic transport phenomena, incompressible electron fluids, the Luttinger liquid, quantum chaology, quantum coherence and interactions, spectroscopy of nanostructures, and Cooper pair tunnelling. The most recent developments are described in a number of shorter contributions, providing a survey of the present status of research in this extremely active area of fundamental and applied condensed matter research. The presentation is suitable for advanced students and Ph.D. researchers wishing to gain an insight into the most recent work in the area. The quantum transport phenomena observed in semiconductor-based nanostructures over the past decade are described by the leading researchers in the field. Key articles describe the status of the quantum Hall effect, quantum dot transport, the theory of mesoscopic transport properties and a survey of mesoscopic transport phenomena, incompressible electron fluids, the Luttinger liquid, quantum chaology, quantum coherence and interactions, spectroscopy of nanostructures, and Cooper pair tunnelling. The most recent developments are described in a number of shorter contributions, providing a survey of the present status of research in this extremely active area of fundamental and applied condensed matter research. The presentation is suitable for advanced students and Ph. D. researchers wishing to gain an insight into the most recent work in the area