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Nano-engineering: Basic principles.

The emergence of the nano-world: from “classical” to “quantum” mechanics.

1.
The electron.
Discrete energy levels
Wave function
Quantum observables
Quantum probabilities 
Uncertainty relations
The Schrödinger equation
Quantum superposition principle
Entanglement and non-locality (basics)

The photon.
Quantum states of the electromagnetic field (basics)
Quantum coherence & photon-atom interactions (basics)
Quantum interference

The spin.
The electron orbital & intrinsic (spin) angular momentum.
The proton spin.
Manipulating the spin (basics)
 
2. Some Applications: Nanoelectronics, Spintronics and Nanophotonics.
 
Low-dimensional Semiconductor Structures (basics.)
Quantum wells.
Nano-wires and quantum dots (basics)
Single electron devices and electron tunneling devices.
Photonic Band-Gap Materials
Light propagation at the nanoscale (basics).
Nano-resonators. 
Photon confinement (basics).
Tunable photonic bang-gap mechanisms (basics).

Taming the “quantum” to process information: "spin qubits" and “flying quibits”.