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Engineering Quantum Mechanics

A clear introduction to quantum mechanics concepts Quantum mechanics has become an essential tool for modern engineering, particularly due to the recent developments in quantum computing as well as the rapid progress in optoelectronic devices. Engineering Quantum Mechanics explains the fundamentals...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Park, Seoung-Hwan
Other Authors: Ahn, Doyeol
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Wiley-IEEE Press 2011
Subjects:
Quantum Theory / Http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85109469
Quantum Theory / Fast
Stochastic Processes / Fast
Processus Stochastiques
Technology & Engineering / Reference / Bisacsh
Théorie Quantique
Semiconductors / Electric Properties / Mathematical Models
Technology & Engineering / Engineering (general) / Bisacsh
Mathématiques De L'ingénieur
Stochastic Processes / Http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85128181
Engineering Mathematics / Http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85043235
Engineering Mathematics / Fast
Online Access:
Collection: O'Reilly - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • CONTENTS
  • Preface
  • PART I: Fundamentals
  • 1: Basic Quantum Mechanics
  • 1.1 MEASUREMENTS AND PROBABILITY
  • 1.2 DIRAC FORMULATION
  • 1.3 BRIEF DETOUR TO CLASSICAL MECHANICS
  • 1.4 A ROAD TO QUANTUM MECHANICS
  • 1.5 THE UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE
  • 1.6 THE HARMONIC OSCILLATOR
  • 1.7 ANGULAR MOMENTUM EIGENSTATES
  • 1.8 QUANTIZATION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS
  • 1.9 PERTURBATION THEORY
  • PROBLEMS
  • REFERENCES
  • 2: Basic Quantum Statistical Mechanics
  • 2.1 ELEMENTARY STATISTICAL MECHANICS
  • 2.2 SECOND QUANTIZATION
  • 2.3 DENSITY OPERATORS
  • 2.4 THE COHERENT STATE
  • 2.5 THE SQUEEZED STATE
  • 2.6 COHERENT INTERACTIONS BETWEEN ATOMS AND FIELDS
  • 2.7 THE JAYNES8211;CUMMINGS MODEL
  • PROBLEMS
  • REFERENCES
  • 3: Elementary Theory of Electronic Band Structure in Semiconductors
  • 3.1 BLOCH THEOREM AND EFFECTIVE MASS THEORY
  • 3.2 THE LUTTINGER8211;KOHN HAMILTONIAN
  • 3.3 THE ZINC BLENDE HAMILTONIAN
  • 3.4 THE WURTZITE HAMILTONIAN
  • Includes bibliographical references and index
  • 3.5 BAND STRUCTURE OF ZINC BLENDE AND WURTZITE SEMICONDUCTORS
  • 3.6 CRYSTAL ORIENTATION EFFECTS ON A ZINC BLENDE HAMILTONIAN
  • 3.7 CRYSTAL ORIENTATION EFFECTS ON A WURTZITE HAMILTONIAN
  • PROBLEMS
  • REFERENCES
  • PART II: Modern Applications
  • 4: Quantum Information Science
  • 4.1 QUANTUM BITS AND TENSOR PRODUCTS
  • 4.2 QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT
  • 4.3 QUANTUM TELEPORTATION
  • 4.4 EVOLUTION OF THE QUANTUM STATE: QUANTUM INFORMATION PROCESSING
  • 4.5 A MEASURE OF INFORMATION
  • 4.6 QUANTUM BLACK HOLES
  • APPENDIX A: DERIVATION OF EQUATION (4.82)
  • APPENDIX B: DERIVATION OF EQUATIONS (4.93) AND (4.106)
  • PROBLEMS
  • REFERENCES
  • 5: Modern Semiconductor Laser Theory
  • 5.1 DENSITY OPERATOR DESCRIPTION OF OPTICAL INTERACTIONS
  • 5.2 THE TIME-CONVOLUTIONLESS EQUATION
  • 5.3 THE THEORY OF NON-MARKOVIAN OPTICAL GAIN IN SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS
  • 5.4 OPTICAL GAIN OF A QUANTUM WELL LASER WITH NON-MARKOVIAN RELAXATION AND MANY-BODY EFFECTS
  • 5.5 NUMERICAL METHODS FOR VALENCE BAND STRUCTURE IN NANOSTRUCTURES
  • 5.6 ZINC BLENDE BULK AND QUANTUM WELL STRUCTURES
  • 5.7 WURTZITE BULK AND QUANTUM WELL STRUCTURES
  • 5.8 QUANTUM WIRES AND QUANTUM DOTS
  • PROBLEMS
  • REFERENCES
  • INDEX.

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