Charge Quantization and Kondo Quantum Criticality in Few-Channel Mesoscopic Circuits

• Main Author: Iftikhar, Zubair (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
• Subjects: Quantum physics.; Low temperature physics.; Low temperatures.; Phase transformations (Statistical physics).; Condensed materials.; Electronic circuits.; Quantum Physics.; Low Temperature Physics.; Quantum Gases and Condensates.; Electronic Circuits and Devices.

This thesis explores several fundamental topics in mesoscopic circuitries that incorporate few electronic conduction channels. The reported results establish a new state of the art in a field that has been waiting for this kind of experiments for decades. The first experiments address the quantized...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Charge Quantization
• Multi-channel Kondo Effect
• Quantum Phase Transition in Multi-channel Kondo Systems
• Outlook.