nanophysics. coherence and transport, 2005, p.641

[...]... Bogolubov transformation and Andreev current 8.2 Noise in normal metal–superconductor junctions 8.3 Noise in a single NS junction 8.3.1 Below gap regime 8.3.2 Diffusive NS junctions 8.3.3 Near and above gap regime 8.4 Hanbury-Brown and Twiss experiment with a superconducting source of electrons 8.4.1 S–matrix for the beam splitter 8.4.2 Sub-gap regime 8.4.3 Near and above gap regime 9 Noise and entanglement... Lelièvre, have been of great help for the preparation and development of the school, and we would like to thank them warmly on behalf of all students and lecturers H Bouchiat, Y Gefen, S Guéron, G Montambaux and J Dalibard xxii CONTENTS Lecturers xi Seminar speakers xiii Participants xv Preface xix Course 1 Fundamental aspects of electron correlations and quantum transport in one-dimensional systems, by... emphasis on spin effects and superconductivity in nanoparticles, going to the limit of single-molecule transistors Atomic point contacts both in the normal and superconducting states constitute the ultimate object for the investigation of quantum transport and requires both specific experimental techniques and theoretical concepts as presented in the course of Jan van Ruitenbeek and Alfredo Levy Yeyati... open directions in the field of mesoscopic and nanoscopic physics The developments of nanofabrication in the past years have enabled the design of electronic systems, that exhibit spectacular signatures of quantum coherence Experimental results gave rise to numerous initially unexpected (and at times theoretically unresolved) surprises Nanofabricated quantum wires and dots containing a small number of electrons... demonstrated and discussed in the seminar of Ady Stern Boris Shklovskii presented interesting extensions of the concepts of Coulomb interactions and screening to the physics of biological molecules The description of transport and noise out of equilibrium in nanoscale electronic systems has received growing attention in recent years, proving to be an efficient diagnostic tool (experimental and theoretical)... contexts, covering both ballistic and diffusive conductors and showing that in certain strongly interacting systems shot noise constitutes a unique tool to characterize fractional charge excitations Special emphasis was put on noise in hybrid superconducting/normal devices and multi-terminal structures where signatures of the entanglement of quantum states can be revealed Bertrand Reulet demonstrated the... non-trivial way on the electromagnetic environment at hand The course of Frank Hekking described the physics of Andreev reflection at Normal/Superconductor interfaces which produces rich sub-gap energy dependent features, both in transport and noise through hybrid nanostructures These strongly depend on the nature of the barrier at the NS interface and on disorder on the normal side, giving rise to long-range... Theoretical Physics, Univ Silesia,ul Uniwersytecka 4, 40007 Katowice, Poland MEIDAN Dganit, Weizmann Inst of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel MICHAELIS Björn, Inst Lorentz, PO Box 9506, Nl-2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands MORTEN Jan Petter, Norwegian Univ of Science and Technology, Dept Physics, 7491 Trondheim, Norway xvi OSSIPOV Alexander, ICTP, Condensed Matter Section, Strada Costiera 11, I-3014 Trieste,... well as by a number of seminars and poster sessions given by the students They contributed by their unabated enthusiasm and curiosity to the great atmosphere of the school The summer school and the present volume have been made possible by the financial support of the following institutions, whose contribution is gratefully acknowledged: -The “Marie Curie Conferences and Training Course” program of... CEA Saclay, 91191 Gif sur Yvette, France RATCHOV Alexandre, LPM2C, Maison des Magistères, 25 avenue des martyrs, BP 166, 38042 Grenoble cedex, France ROMITO Alessandro, Scuola Normale Superiore and NEST-INFM, piazza dei Cavalieri, 7, I-56126 Pisa, Italy RYTCHKOV Valentin, Univ Geneva, Dept Theoretical Physics, 24 quai E Ansermet, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland SAHA Ronojaoy, Dept Physics, Univ Florida, Gainesville, . Netherlands c  2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved This work is protected under copyright by Elsevier B.V., and the following terms and conditions apply to its use: Photocopying Single photocopies. single chapters may be made for personal use as allowed by national copyright laws. Permis- sion of the Publisher and payment of a fee is required for all other photocopying, including multiple or. Elementary particles and dispersion relations XI 1961 Low temperature physics XII 1962 Geophysics; the earth’s environment XIII 1963 Relativity groups and topology XIV 1964 Quantum optics and electronics XV