Quantum mechanics for electrical engineers /

• Main Author: Sullivan, Dennis Michael, 1949-
• Corporate Author: Wiley InterScience (Online service)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford : Wiley-Blackwell, [2012]
• Subjects: Quantum theory.; Electrical engineering.; Electronic books.

"The main topic of this book is quantum mechanics, as the title indicates. It specifically targets those topics within quantum mechanics that are needed to understand modern semiconductor theory. It begins with the motivation for quantum mechanics and why classical physics fails when dealing wi...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Stationary States
• Fourier Theory in Quantum Mechanics
• Matrix Algebra in Quantum Mechanics
• A Brief Introduction to Statistical Mechanics
• Bands and Subbands
• The Sch{under}rdinger Equation for Spin-1/2 Fermions
• The Green's Function Formulation
• Transmission
• Approximation Methods
• The Harmonic Oscillator
• Finding Eigenfunctions Using Time-Domain Simulation
• Appendix A: Important Constants and Units
• Appendix B: Fourier Analysis and the Fast Fourier Transform (FFT)
• Appendix C: An Introduction to the Green's Function Method
• Appendix D: Listings of the Programs Used in this Book
• Index.