This book contains a coherent and self-contained account of macroscopic quantu...This book contains a coherent and self-contained account of macroscopic quantum phenomena focusing on the central role played by macroscopic quantum tunneling. Beginning with an explanation of the nature and significance of the Schrödinger s cat...more
This is the first book to present a coherent theoretical and experimental trea...This is the first book to present a coherent theoretical and experimental treatment of the rapidly developing field of macroscopic quantum tunneling of the magnetic moment. The theory is based on the concept of the magnetic instanton and its...more
This is the first book to present a coherent theoretical and experimental trea...This is the first book to present a coherent theoretical and experimental treatment of the rapidly developing field of macroscopic quantum tunneling of the magnetic moment. The theory is based on the concept of the magnetic instanton and its...more
This book contains a coherent and self-contained account of macroscopic quantu...This book contains a coherent and self-contained account of macroscopic quantum phenomena focusing on the central role played by macroscopic quantum tunneling. Beginning with an explanation of the nature and significance of the Schrödinger s cat...more
This book contains a coherent and self-contained account of macroscopic quantu...This book contains a coherent and self-contained account of macroscopic quantum phenomena focusing on the central role played by macroscopic quantum tunneling. Beginning with an explanation of the nature and significance of the Schrödinger s cat...more
Reviewing macroscopicquantum phenomena and quantum dissipation from the pheno...Reviewing macroscopic quantum phenomena and quantum dissipation from the phenomenology of magnetism and superconductivity to the presentation of alternative models for quantum dissipation this book develops the basic material necessary to understand...more
Reviewing macroscopicquantum phenomena and quantum dissipation from the pheno...Reviewing macroscopic quantum phenomena and quantum dissipation from the phenomenology of magnetism and superconductivity to the presentation of alternative models for quantum dissipation this book develops the basic material necessary to understand...more
This volume is an outgrowth of the Second International Workshop on Macroscopi...This volume is an outgrowth of the Second International Workshop on Macroscopic Quantum Coherence and Computing held in Napoli Italy in June 2000. This workshop gathered a number of experts from the major Universities and Research Institutions of...more
This book describes how complex systems from a variety of fields can be modele...This book describes how complex systems from a variety of fields can be modeled using quantum mechanical ideas; from biology and ecology to sociology and decision-making. Quantum mechanics is traditionally associated with microscopic systems;...more
Dispersion forces acting on both atoms and bodies play a key role in modern na...Dispersion forces acting on both atoms and bodies play a key role in modern nanotechnology. As demonstrated in this book macroscopic quantum electrodynamics provides a powerful method for understanding and quantifying dispersion forces in a vast...more
This book presents basic theories as well as original theories developed by th...This book presents basic theories as well as original theories developed by the authors in quantum mechanical tunneling. It presents practical methods and numerical applications to real multidimensional systems. The text offers information so...more
In this revised and expanded edition in addition to a comprehensible introduct...In this revised and expanded edition in addition to a comprehensible introduction to the theoretical foundations of quantum tunneling based on different methods of formulating and solving tunneling problems different semiclassical approximations for...more
Recent state-of-the-art technologies in fabricating low-loss optical and mecha...Recent state-of-the-art technologies in fabricating low-loss optical and mechanical components have significantly motivated the study of quantum-limited measurements with optomechanical devices. Such research is the main subject of this thesis. In...more
This book studies electron resonant tunneling in two- and three-dimensional qu...This book studies electron resonant tunneling in two- and three-dimensional quantum waveguides of variable cross-sections in the time-independent approach. Mathematical models are suggested for the resonant tunneling and develop asymptotic and...more
The first NATO Advanced Workshop on QuantumTunneling of Magnetization (QTM) w...The first NATO Advanced Workshop on Quantum Tunneling of Magnetization (QTM) was organized and co-directed by Bernard Barbara Leon Gunther Nicolas Garcia and Anthony Leggett and was held from June 27 through July 1 1994 in Grenoble and Chichilianne...more