ELEC 565(F): Topics in Quantum Semiconductor Nanostructures

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University

INSTRUCTOR:  Junichiro Kono, Abercrombie Room A102, Phone: 2209, E-mail: kono@rice.edu, Office Hours: by appointment.

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

Lectures/discussions on various advanced topics in quantum semiconductor structures.  The phenomena to be discussed include: the integer and fractional quantum Hall effects; exciton-polaritons inmicrocavities; Bose-Einstein condensation; mesoscopic physics and single electronics; spectroscopy of quantum wires and dots; carbon nanotubes; Bloch oscillations in superlattices; ultrafast and nonlinear optics; spintronics; modern semiconductor devices; and quantum information processing.  Students read original research papers and review articles, and present seminars on assigned topics of contemporary interest.

This course will NOT be offered in Fall 2006.

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