PC413
Quantum-Nano Science and Quantum Devices
0.5 Credit

There is a growing interest and importance of the applications of quantum methods in electronics  as  well  as  in  computing  and  optical  communication.  These  developments resulted   in   the   emergence   of   fields   called   quantum   computers   and   quantum communication. In order to make the theoretically predicted breakthrough a reality, one needs to design a new class of devices based on optical and/or solid state fundamentals where quantum effects play the dominant role. One possible way to achieve this goal is by  shrinking  the  dimensions  of  physical  devices  but  this  is  not  always  the  case,  as  it  is known  that  quantum  effects  are  important  and  even  directly  observed  in  macroscopic systems.  However,  as  the  physical  dimensions  get  smaller,  e.g.  as  is  the  case  of semiconductor integrated circuits, one enters the quantum nano-world.