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This second of two volumes on applications in information technology is divided into two main sections. The first covers logic devices and concepts, ranging from advanced and non-conventional CMOS and semiconductor nanowire devices, via various spin-controlled logic devices and concepts involving carbon nanotubes, organic thin films, as well as single organic molecules, right up to the visionary idea of intramolecular computation.The second part, architectures and computational concepts, discusses biologically inspired structures and quantum cellular automata, finishing off by summarizing the main principles and current approaches to coherent solid-state-based quantum computation.
List of contents
Non-Conventional CMOS (L. Risch)Semiconductor Nanowire Based Logic Devices (L. Samuelson)Single Electron Devices and Circuits (Y. Ono)Magnetic Domain Wall Logic (D. Allwood, R. Cowburn)Spintronic-Devices (S. Bandyopadhyay)Organic Thin Film Transistors (H. Klauk)Carbon Nanotube Devices (M. Meyyapan)Molecular Electronic Concepts (B. Lüssem, T. Bjoernholm)Intramolecular level logic devices (F. Remacle, R. Levine)Defect and Fault Tolerance (M. Forshaw)Biologically Inspired Implementations (D. Hammerstrom)Quantum Cellular Automata (M. Macucci)Quantum Computation - Principles and Solid-State Concepts (M. Weides, E. Goldobin)
About the author
Rainer Waser is Professor of Physics at the faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology of the RWTH Aachen University and Director at the Institute of Solid State Research (IFF) at the HGF Research Center Jülich, Germany. In 1984, he received his PhD in physical chemistry at the University of Darmstadt, and worked at the Philips Research Laboratory, Aachen, until he was appointed professor in 1992. His research group is focused on fundamental aspects of electronic materials and on such integrated devices as non-volatile memories, specifically ferroelectric memories, logic devices, sensors and actuators.
Summary
This second of two volumes on applications in information technology is divided into two main sections. The first covers logic devices and concepts, ranging from advanced and non-conventional CMOS and semiconductor nanowire devices, via various spin-controlled logic devices and concepts involving carbon nanotubes, organic thin films, as well as single organic molecules, right up to the visionary idea of intramolecular computation.
The second part, architectures and computational concepts, discusses biologically inspired structures and quantum cellular automata, finishing off by summarizing the main principles and current approaches to coherent solid-state-based quantum computation.
