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Record Nr.

UNINA9910257425003321

Autore

Londergan J. Timothy <1943->

Titolo

Binding and Scattering in Two-Dimensional Systems : Applications to Quantum Wires, Waveguides and Photonic Crystals / / by J. Timothy Londergan, John P. Carini, David P. Murdock

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 1999

ISBN

3-540-47937-6

Edizione

[1st ed. 1999.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (X, 222 p. 32 illus. in color.)

Collana

Lecture Notes in Physics Monographs ; ; 60

Disciplina

537.6226

Soggetti

Particles (Nuclear physics)

Quantum field theory

Electrodynamics

Condensed matter

Quantum theory

Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory

Classical Electrodynamics

Condensed Matter Physics

Quantum Physics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Bound States in Low-Dimensional Systems -- Transmission and Conductance in Tubes -- Waveguide Measurements of the Properties of Curved Tubes -- Binding and Transmission in Wires and Waveguides -- Two-Dimensional Systems with Finite Periodic Structure -- Localized Modes in Photonic Crystals -- Epilogue -- Comparison of Various Approximate Quantum Wells -- Conducting Sphere on a Grounded Surface.

Sommario/riassunto

This monograph is accessible to anyone with an undergraduate background in quantum mechanics, electromagnetism and some solid state physics. It describes in detail the properties of particles and fields in quasi-two-dimensional systems used to approximate realistic quantum heterostructures. Here the authors treat wires, i.e. they assume an infinite hard-wall potential for the system. They discuss



bound states, the properties of transmission and reflection, conductance, etc. It is shown that the simple models developed in this book in detail are capable of understanding even complex physical phenomena. The methods are applied to optical states in photonic crystals, and similarities and differences between those and electronic states in quantum heterostructures and electromagnetic fields in waveguides are discussed.