Engineering Quantum Mechanics (Wiley - IEEE)

There has been growing interest in the model of semiconductor lasers with non-Markovian relaxation. Introducing senior and graduate students and research scientists to quantum mechanics concepts, which are becoming an essential tool in modern engineering, Engineering Quantum Mechanics develops a non-Markovian model for the optical gain of semiconductor, taking into account the rigorous electronic band-structure and the non-Markovian relaxation using the quantum statistical reduced-density operator formalism. Example programs based on Fortran 77 are provided for band-structures of zinc-blende and wurtzite quantum wells. A Clear Introduction To Quantum Mechanics Conceptsquantum 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 Of This Exciting Field, Providing Broad Coverage Of Both Traditional Areas Such As Semiconductor And Laser Physics As Well As Relatively New Yet Fast-growing Areas Such As Quantum Computation And Quantum Information Technology.the Book Begins With Basic Quantum Mechanics, Reviewing Measurements And Probability, Dirac Formulation, The Uncertainty Principle, Harmonic Oscillator, Angular Momentum Eigenstates, And Perturbation Theory. Then, Quantum Statistical Mechanics Is Explored, From Second Quantization And Density Operators To Coherent And Squeezed States, Coherent Interactions Between Atoms And Fields, And The Jaynes-cummings Model. From There, The Book Moves Into Elementary And Modern Applications, Discussing Such Topics As Bloch Theorem And Effective Mass Theory, Crystal Orientation Effects For Zinc-blend And Wurtzite Hamiltonian, And Quantum Entanglements And Teleportation.there Has Been Growing Interest In The Model Of Semiconductor Lasers With Non-markovian Relaxation. This Book Develops A Non-markovian Model For The Optical Gain In Semiconductor Materials, Taking Into Account The Rigorous Electronic Band-structure And The Non-markovian Relaxation Using The Quantum Statistical Reduced-density Operator Formalism. Many-body Effects Are Taken Into Account Within The Time-dependent Hartree-fock Equations, And Example Programs Based On Fortran 77 Are Provided For Band-structures Of Zinc-blend Quantum Wells.engineering Quantum Mechanics Is Intended For Advanced Undergraduate And Graduate Students In Electrical Engineering, Physics, And Materials Science. It Also Provides The Necessary Theoretical Background For Researchers In Optoelectronics Or Semiconductor Devices. Fundamentals. Basic Quantum Mechanics -- Basic Quantum Statistical Mechanics -- Elementary Theory Of Electronic Band Structure In Semiconductors -- Modern Applications. Quantum Information Science -- Modern Semiconductor Laser Theory -- Index. Doyeol Ahn, Seoung-hwan Park. Description Based Upon Print Version Of Record. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Also Available In Print. Mode Of Access: World Wide Web English 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 of this exciting field, providing broad coverage of both traditional areas such as semiconductor and laser physics as well as relatively new yet fast-growing areas such as quantum computation and quantum information technology. The book begins with basic quantum mechanics, reviewing measurements and probability, Dirac formulation, the uncertainty principle, harmonic oscillator, angular momentum eigenstates, and perturbation theory. Then, quantum statistical mechanics is explored, from second quantization and density operators to coherent and squeezed states, coherent interactions between atoms and fields, and the Jaynes-Cummings model. From there, the book moves into elementary and modern applications, discussing such topics as Bloch theorem and effective mass theory, crystal orientation effects for zinc-blend and wurtzite Hamiltonian, and quantum entanglements and teleportation. There has been growing interest in the model of semiconductor lasers with non-Markovian relaxation. This book develops a non-Markovian model for the optical gain in semiconductor materials, taking into account the rigorous electronic band-structure and the non-Markovian relaxation using the quantum statistical reduced-density operator formalism. Many-body effects are taken into account within the time-dependent Hartree-Fock equations, and example programs based on Fortran 77 are provided for band-structures of zinc-blend quantum wells. Engineering Quantum Mechanics is intended for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in electrical engineering, physics, and materials science. It also provides the necessary theoretical background for researchers in optoelectronics or semiconductor devices There has been growing interest in the model of semiconductor lasers with non-Markovian relaxation. Introducing senior and graduate students and research scientists to quantum mechanics concepts, which are becoming an essential tool in modern engineering, Engineering Quantum Mechanics develops a non-Markovian model for the optical gain of semiconductor, taking into account the rigorous electronic band-structure and the non-Markovian relaxation using the quantum statistical reduced-density operator formalism. Example programs based on Fortran 77 are provided for band-structures of zinc-blende and wurtzite quantum wells. * There has been growing interest in the model of semiconductor lasers with non-Markovian relaxation partially due to the dissatisfaction with the conventional model * Example programs based on Fortran 77 will also be provided for band-structures of zinc-blende and wurtzite quantum wells. fmatter......Page 1 ch1......Page 8 ch2......Page 50 ch3......Page 78 ch4......Page 175 ch5......Page 209 index......Page 291