CFN Lectures on Functional Nanostructures Vol. 1

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Busch, Kurt (Editor), Powell, Annie (Editor), Röthig, Christian (Editor), Schön, Gerd (Editor), Weissmüller, Jörg (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Physics, 658
• Subjects: Materials science.; Physical chemistry.; Quantum optics.; Nanotechnology.; Materials Science.; Quantum Optics.; Physical Chemistry.

This book contains a selection of lectures from the first Summer School organized by the Center for Functional Nanostructures (CFN) at the University of Karlsruhe. The mission of the CFN is to carry out research in the following areas: nanophotonics, nanoelectronics, molecular nanostructures and nan...

Table of Contents:

• Solid State Theory Meets Photonics: The Curious Optical Properties of Photonic Crystals
• Circular Photo-Galvanic and Spin-Galvanic Effects
• Nano-Photoluminescence
• Spectral Trimming of Photonic Crystals
• Full Counting Statistics in Quantum Contacts
• Quantum Dots Attached to Ferromagnetic Leads: Exchange Field, Spring Precession, and Kondo Effect
• Transport of Interaction Electrons Through a Quantum Dot in Nanowires
• Interference and Interaction in Metallic Nanostructures
• Single-Electron Devices
• Nanostructured Materials: Reaction Kinetics and Stability
• Ab Initio Calculations of Clusters.