Quantum Mechanics for Tomorrow's Engineers

Discover the foundations of quantum mechanics in this ground-breaking new textbook for undergraduate engineers.

Junichiro Kono (Author)

9781108842587, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 29 September 2022

350 pages
26.2 x 21 x 1.8 cm, 0.68 kg

'This book provides the essential shortcuts for beginners to learn quantum physics that can be directly applied to the frontline research in modern quantum engineering applications. The author makes an excellent effort to balance rigor and intuition by selecting suitable pedagogical topics, while preserving the core of quantum mechanics for engineering science.' Philip Kim, Harvard University

Discover the foundations of quantum mechanics, and explore how these principles are powering a new generation of advances in quantum engineering, in this ground-breaking undergraduate textbook. It explains physical and mathematical principles using cutting-edge electronic, optoelectronic and photonic devices, linking underlying theory with real-world applications; focuses on current technologies and avoids historic approaches, getting students quickly up-to-speed to tackle contemporary engineering challenges; provides an introduction to the foundations of quantum information, and a wealth of real-world quantum examples, including quantum well infrared photodetectors, solar cells, quantum teleportation, quantum computing, band gap engineering, quantum cascade lasers, low-dimensional materials, and van der Waals heterostructures; and includes pedagogical features such as objectives and end-of-chapter homework problems to consolidate student understanding, and solutions for instructors. Designed to inspire the development of future quantum devices and systems, this is the perfect introduction to quantum mechanics for undergraduate electrical engineers and materials scientists.

Preface
1. Quantum-Enabled Technologies
2. Electronic Waves and Schrödinger's Equation
3. Mathematical Machinery and Conceptual Foundations
4. Basics of Quantum Information Processing
5. Propagating Electron Waves in Engineered Potentials
6. Light-Matter Interaction
7. Quantum States in Technological Materials
Appendix A: Classical Mechanics of Particles
Appendix B: Classical Theory of Waves
Appendix C: Electromagnetism: Maxwell's Equations
Appendix D: Parity
Index.

Subject Areas: Electronics engineering [TJF], Materials science [TGM], Nanotechnology [TBN], Quantum physics [quantum mechanics & quantum field theory PHQ], Information theory [GPF]