PC413
Quantum-Nano Science and Quantum Devices
0.5 Credit
- Lecture/Discussion: 3
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.