Semiconductor Spintronics and Quantum Computation (Nanoscience and Technology) (2002. XV, 311 p. w. 151 figs. (some col.) 24 cm)

"The past few decades of research and development in solid-state semicon ductor physics and electronics have witnessed a rapid growth in the drive to exploit quantum mechanics in the design and function of semiconductor devices. This has been fueled for instance by the remarkable advances in our ability to fabricate nanostructures such as quantum wells, quantum wires and quantum dots. Despite this contemporary focus on semiconductor \"quantum devices