International Workshop on Superconducting Nano-Electronics Devices

This volume reports the recent theoretical and experimental results on the macroscopic quantum coherence of macroscopic systems. Particular attention has been devoted to Josephson devices. The correlation with other atomic and molecular systems exhibiting a macroscopic quantum behavior is also discussed. The volume chapters provide both a historical overview and recent theoretical background on the topic, as well as information on new experimental results relative to the quantum computing area. In particular, observations of quantum behavior in molecular and magnetic systems, small Josephson devices, and quantum dots are also reported and are particularly stimulating in view of the realization of several possible q-bits. The present volume, far from being exhaustive, represents an interesting update of the subject and we hope that it will be a useful tool in stimulating new experiments.

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This volume presents 25 papers from the May 2001 workshop on recent experimental and theoretical results in the field of superconducting nano-electronics devices. The main areas of research addressed are computation using small Josephson junctions, macroscopic quantum coherence, and ultrasensitive detectors. Topics include quantum nondemolition measurement of a qubit, the noise and microwave properties of single electron tunneling transistors, a single Cooper pair electrometer based on a radio frequency SQUID scheme, and superconducting quantum detectors for astronomy and x-ray spectroscopy. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR