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Quantum Mechanics for Electrical Engineers

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Dennis M. Sullivan 

ISBN: 978-0-470-87409-7

January 2012

Wiley-IEEE Press

448 pages

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Quantum Mechanics for Electrical Engineers

Dennis M. Sullivan

E-Book
978-1-118-16979-7
November 2011
$90.00
Hardcover
978-0-470-87409-7
January 2012
$111.95
O-Book
978-1-118-16978-0
January 2012
Available on Wiley Online Library
Description
The main topic of this book is quantum mechanics, as the title indicates. It specifically targets those topics within quantum mechanics that are needed to understand modern semiconductor theory. It begins with the motivation for quantum mechanics and why classical physics fails when dealing with very small particles and small dimensions. Two key features make this book different from others on quantum mechanics, even those usually intended for engineers: First, after a brief introduction, much of the development is through Fourier theory, a topic that is at the heart of most electrical engineering theory. In this manner, the explanation of the quantum mechanics is rooted in the mathematics familiar to every electrical engineer. Secondly, beginning with the first chapter, simple computer programs in MATLAB are used to illustrate the principles. The programs can easily be copied and used by the reader to do the exercises at the end of the chapters or to just become more familiar with the material.

Many of the figures in this book have a title across the top. This title is the name of the MATLAB program that was used to generate that figure. These programs are available to the reader. Appendix D lists all the programs, and they are also downloadable at http://booksupport.wiley.com

About the Author
DENNIS M. SULLIVAN is Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Idaho as well as an award-winning author and researcher. In 1997, Dr. Sullivan's paper "Z Transform Theory and FDTD Method" won the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society's R. P. W. King Award for the Best Paper by a Young Investigator. He is the author of Electromagnetic Simulation Using the FDTD Method.
Series
IEEE Press Series on Microelectronic Systems
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