Computing and the electrical transport properties of coupled quantum networks

<p>In this dissertation a number of investigations were conducted on ballistic quantum networks in the mesoscopic range. In this regime, the wave nature of electron transport under the influence of transverse magnetic fields leads to interesting applications for digital logic and computing circuits. The work specifically looks at characterizing a few main areas that would be of interest to experimentalists who are working in nanostructure devices, and is organized as a series of papers. The first paper analyzes scaling relations and normal mode charge distributions for such circuits in both isolated and open (terminals attached) form. The second paper compares the flux-qubit nature of quantum networks to the well-established spintronics theory. The results found exactly contradict the conventional school of thought for what is required for quantum computation. The third paper investigates the requirements and limitations of extending the Thévenin theorem in classic electric circuits to ballistic quantum transport. The fourth paper outlines the optimal functionally complete set of quantum circuits that can completely satisfy all sixteen Boolean logic operations for two variables.</p>"--Abstract, page iii.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph. D. in Computer Engineering

Grantor

Missouri University of Science and Technology

Year dc:date.available

2016

Author dc:creator

• Cain, Casey Andrew

• Computer Engineering
• Condensed Matter Physics
• Quantum Physics

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/doctoral_dissertations/2404

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarsmine.mst.edu:doctoral_dissertations-3406