Summary

The purpose of this course is to provide a broad survey of current research in the fields of (i) optical studies of semiconductor quantum nanostructures, including device applications and (ii) quantum transport in mesoscopic and nanostructure systems with a main focus on quantum dots. The following topics will be addressed:

Growth of strained quantum dots, self-assembly
Optical properties of quantum wells and quantum dots
Two-dimensional electron gases in field-effect transistors
Quantum Interference Effects in Transport Properties
Phase coherence, Dephasing and environmental coupling
Localization: weak localization and Anderson transition
The Quantum Hall Effect
Conduction in channels: Landauer's formulas, quantum point contacts
Coulomb blockade and single electron transistor
Spin qubits, quantum computation