Main description:

The aim of this book is to resolve the problem of electron and hole transport with a coherent and consistent theory that is relevant to the understanding of transport phenomena in submicron devices. Along the road, readers encounter landmarks in theoretical physics as the authors guide them through the strong and weak aspects of various hypotheses.

Contents:

I. General Formalism.- 1. The Many Faces of Transport.- 2. Classical Mechanics.- 3. Mathematical Interlude.- 4. Quantum Mechanics.- 5. Single-Particle Quantum Mechanics.- 6. Second Quantization.- 7. Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics.- 8. Non-equilibrium Statistical Mechanics.- 9. Wigner Distribution Functions.- 10. Balance Equations.- II. Applications.- 11. Velocity-Field Characteristics of a Silicon MOSFET.- 12. Gate Leakage Currents.- 13. Quantum Transport in Vertical Devices.- 14. An Exactly Solvable Electron-Phonon System.- 15. Open Versus Closed Systems.- 16. Conductance Quantization.- 17. Transport in Quantum Wires.- 18. Future Work.- References.