Future Trends in Microelectronics

Preface (S. Luryi, et al.).PART I: SILICON IN THE NANO AGE.Nanoelectronic Technology: In Search of the Ultimate Device Structure (H. Lin & S. Sze).Limits and Alternaitives to Optical Lithography (J. Benschop).The Future of CMOS Downscaling (H. Iwai).Future Trends in Memory Developments: Challenges and Perspective (K. Kim & G. Koh).Future Challenges and Needs for Nano-Electyronics From a Manufacturing Veiwpoint (Y. Nishi).Wireless Sensor Networks and the Sensor Revolution (T. Smith).The Physical Layer of Ambient Intelligence (H. van Houten).Modeling of Near-Field Effects in Sub-Wavelength Deep Ultraviolet Lithography (J. Azpiroz & E. Yablonovitch).Extreme Future CMOS Devices Using SOI Technology (T. Hiramoto).Double Gate Coupling and Quantum Tunneling in Ultrathin SOI MOSFETs (C. Aydin, et al.).Space-Radiation Effects in Advanced SOI Devices and Alternative Gate Dielectrics (C. Cirba, et al.).Modeling of Mobility in Ultra-Thin SOI MOSFETs: Physical Understanding and Analytical Models for Device Simulators (D. Esseni, et al.).PART II: NANOMATERIALISM, QUANTA, SPINS, AND MOLECULES.Electrodynamics of Left-Handed Media (A. Efros & A. Pokrovsky).Spintronics? (M. Dyakonov).Understanding Molecular Transistors (P. Solomon & C. Kagan).Molecular Electronics: Experiments, Device Concepts and Architectures (N. Zhitenev).Molecular Electronics: A Proposed Roadmap for Commercialization (H. Goronkni & R. Tsui).Self-Assembly Motifs for Molecular Electronic Test Structures (J. Klare, et al.).On the Road Towards Superconductor Computers: Twenty Years Later (M. Dorojevets, et al.).Self-Organized Molecular Beam Epitaxial Growth of AlGaN/GaN Nanostructures on Si(111) Substrates for Optoelectronic Applications (J. Ristic, et al.).Free-Standing Si/SiGe Micro- and Nanotubes for Microelectronics (D. Grutzmacher, et al.).Silicon-on-Insulator (SOI): A Path for Integration of Silicon Light Emitters into Future Microelectronic Chips? (M. Green).Organic Microelectronics Based on Polymer Nanostructures (A. Aleshin).Quantum Devices: Microscope Theory and Simulation (R. Iotti & F. Rossi).Critical Current and Magnetic Properties of Nb-Cu-Ni-Cu-Nb Junctions (Y. Blum, et al.).Tunneling Mechanism of 1/f Noise in GaN-Based HFETs (M. Levinshtein, et al.).PART III: QUANTUM CASCADE TERAHERTZ LASERS AND OTHER LASER NOVELTIES.Quantum Cascade Lasers: Old Hats and New Tricks (J Faist, et al.).Quantum Cascade Lasers and Applications, Opportunities and Limitations (C. Gmachl).Quantum Cascade Lasers: The Source of Choice for THz Photonics? (A. Tredicucci).Phonon-Depopulated THz Quantum Cascade Lasers (Q. Hu, et al.).The Generation and Applications of Ultra-Broadband Terahertz Radiation (E. Linfield, et al.).Avoiding Light Holes on the Path to a Si/SiGe Quantum Cascade Lasers (U. Gennser, et al.).Design and Continuous-Wave Room Temperature Performance of GaInAsSb/AiGaAsSb Type-I Electrically Pumped Lasers (G. Belenky, et al.).Semiconductor Lasersm Beyond Quantum Dots (N. Ledentsov).Phonon or Polaron Lasers? (H. Liu).List of Contributors. Index.