Physics of Quantum Rings

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Fomin, Vladimir M. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: NanoScience and Technology,
• Subjects: Physics.; Magnetism.; Magnetic materials.; Nanoscale science.; Nanoscience.; Nanostructures.; Quantum computers.; Spintronics.; Spectroscopy.; Microscopy.; Nanotechnology.; Optical materials.; Electronic materials.; Nanoscale Science and Technology.; Quantum Information Technology, Spintronics.; Optical and Electronic Materials.; Magnetism, Magnetic Materials.; Nanotechnology and Microengineering.; Spectroscopy and Microscopy.

This book deals with a new class of materials, quantum rings. Innovative recent advances in experimental and theoretical physics of quantum rings are based on the most advanced state-of-the-art fabrication and characterization techniques as well as theoretical methods. The experimental efforts allow...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Quantum Ring: A Unique Playground for the Quantum-Mechanical Paradigm
• Fabrication, Characterization and Physical Properties
• Growth and Spectroscopy of Semiconductor Quantum Rings
• Quantum Rings: Fabrication and Optical Properties
• Self-organized Quantum Rings: Physical Characterization and Theoretical Modeling
• Scanning-probe Electronic Imaging of Lithographically Patterned Quantum Rings
• Self-organized Formation and XSTM-Characterization of GaSb/GaAs Quantum Rings
• Self-assembled Semiconductor Quantum Rings Complexes by Droplet Epitaxy: Growth and Physical Properties
• Aharonov-Bohm Effect for Excitons
• New Versions of the Aharonov-Bohm Effect in Quantum Rings
• Aharonov-Bohm Effect for Neutral Exctions in Quantum Rings
• Optical Aharonov-Bohm Effect in Type-II Quantum Dots
• Theory
• Strained Quantum Rings
• Theoretical Modeling of Electronic and Optical Properties of Semiconductor Quantum Rings
• Coulomb Interaction in Finite-Width Quantum Rings. Differential Geometry Applied to Rings and Möbius Nanostructures
• Hole Mixing in Semiconductor Quantum Rings
• Engineering of Electron States and Spin Relaxation in Quantum Rings and Quantum Dot-Ring Nanostructures.