Preface

Introduction

 Scattering

 l.l Wave properties of electrons

 1.2 Quantum contacts

 1.3 Scattering matrix and the Landauer formula

 1.4 Counting electrons

 1.5 Multi-terminalcircuits

 1.6 Quantum interference

 1.7 Time-dependent transport

 1.8 Andreev scattering

 1.9 Spin-dependent scattering

2 Classical and semiclassical transport

 2.l Disorder, averaging, and Ohm's law

 2.2 Electron transport in solids

 2.3 Semiclassical coherent transport

 2.4 Current conservation and Kirchhoff rules

 2.5 Reservoirs, nodes, and connectors

 2.6 Ohm's law for transmission distribution

 2.7 Spin transport

 2.8 Circuit theory of superconductivity

 2.9 Full counting statistics

3 Coulomb blockade

 3.1 Charge quantization and charging energy

 3.2 Single-electron transfers

 3.3 Single-electron transport and manipulation

 3.4 Co-tunneling

 3.5 Macroscopic quantum mechanics

 3.6 Josephson arrays

 3.7 Superconducting islands beyond the Josephson limit

 Randomness and interference

 4.1 Random matrices

 4.2 Energy-level statistics

 4.3 Statistics of transmission eigenvalues

 4.4 Interference corrections

 4.5 Strong localization

5 Qubits and quantum dots

 5.1 Quantum computers

 5.2 Quantum goodies

 5.3 Quantum manipulation

 5.4 Quantum dots

 5.5 Charge qubits

 5.6 Phase and flux qubits

 5.7 Spin qubits

6 Interaction, relaxation, and decoherence

 6.1 Quantization of electric excitations

 6.2 Dissipative quantum mechanics

 6.3 Tunneling in an electromagnetic environment

 6.4 Electrons moving in an environment

 6.5 Weak interaction

 6.6 Fermionic environment

 6.7 Relaxation and decoherence of qubits

 6.8 Relaxation and dephasing of electrons

Appendix A Survival kit for advanced quantum mechanics

Appendix B Survival kit for superconductivity

Appendix C Unit conversion

References

Index

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