This is a graduate level three credit hour course that explores nanoelectronics and quantum electronics in low-dimensional semiconductor and superconductor devices, focusing on the underlying principles of quantum transport. Harnessing quantum properties is considered key to advancing current semiconductor technologies for information processing. Thanks to breakthroughs in semiconductor fabrication techniques, semiconductor and superconductor quantum devices are now becoming a reality. Additionally, this course will cover the role of quantum physics in semiconductor-based quantum computation, with a particular emphasis on electron charge and spin manipulation, as well as superconducting circuits and superconductor-based quantum computation.
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