Quantum Nanoengineering

Abstract

Modern-day electronic devices need to provide high current densities for VLSI applications that eventually force shrinking device dimensions. At an era of nanoelectronic device research, more and more devices are being fabricated where device lengths are downscaled far below the 100 nm range. At that limit, quantum mechanical effects become a dominating factor and a better understanding of such devices can only be achieved by applying necessary quantum corrections. In this chapter, we shall focus on the basics of quantum mechanics which will be useful for lower dimensional devices like quantum wire or quantum dot.