Index 429
incoherent waves, 364
induced radiation, 292
inelastic collision, 36
infrared radiation, 37
inner-crystal potential, 403
inner-crystal potential of atoms, 199
intensity of the electric field, 343,
354
intensity of the wave, 350
interaction force, 276
interface, 357
interference, 45, 363
interference pattern, 365
interference term, 365
internal photoelectric effect, 295
internal pressure, 390
intrinsic angular momentum, 169
intrinsic conductivity, 413
inverse effective mass, 253
inverse effective mass tensor,
254
inverted state, 293
ionic bonding, 389
ionization energy, 173
island, 288
Josephson detectors, 300
Josephson effect, 299
Josephson electronics, 300
Josephson’s contacts, 300
kinetic energy, 318
Kronecker’s symbol, 399
Kronig–Penney model, 248
lasers, 292
lattice constant, 390
layered nanostructures, 65
layered structures, 8
light funnel, 270
light-emitting devices, 289
light-emitting diodes, 13, 289
linear chain, 397
linear first-order partial differential
equations, 342
linear oscillator, 147
linear sources, 365
linear superposition, 397
lithography, 259
logarithmic decrement of damping, 328
logic elements, 297
Louis de Broglie, 39
low-dimensional nanoobjects,
218
low-dimensional structures, 204
Lyman series, 167
Madelung’s constant, 386
magnetic field intensity, 346
magnetic flux, 300
magnetic quantum number, 169
magnetic read head, 302
main operators in quantum mechanics,
56
main postulates of quantum mechanics,
54
many-electron atoms, 173, 175
material points, 319
matrix elements, 139
Maxwell’s equations, 338, 341
MBE chamber, 263
metal–vacuum interface, 99
minibands, 203, 238
minigaps, 250
modulation-doped superlattices, 10
molar heat capacity, 395
momentum, 52
momentum conservation law, 38
momentum operator, 56
monochromatic light waves, 365
monochromatic plane waves, 354
monochromatic waves, 348, 373
MRAM, 304
multiplets, 169
n-region, 289
nanobearing, 308
nanochemistry, 3
nanoclusters, 10
nanocrystalline materials, 8
nanocrystals, 378
nanoelectromechanical systems, 307
nanomaterials, 2
nanomotor, 308
nanonut–nanobolt, 308
nanoparticles, 5, 10
nanorobots, 3
nanoscale capacitor, 287
nanostructures, 4, 193, 258
nanotechnology, 1
nanotomography, 3
near-field optical microscopy, 270
Newton’s second law, 311, 313
Newton’s third law of motion, 313
nodes, 368
non-absorbing medium, 361
non-commutative operators, 58
non-contact mode, 276, 277
non-stationary Schr
¨
odinger equation, 142
non-symmetric well, 83
normalization condition, 54, 55
normalized wavefunction, 59
number of quantum states, 193, 212, 215
number of states, 217
one-dimensional harmonic oscillators,
117
one-dimensional periodic structure, 241
one-dimensional potential wells, 105
one-dimensional rectangular potential
barrier, 89
one-electron approximation, 401
operator of angular momentum, 57
operator of kinetic energy, 57
operator of potential energy, 59
operator of the square of momentum, 57
operators of the projections of
momentum, 111
orbital angular momentum, 111, 112
orbital gyromagnetic ratio, 170
orbital magnetic moment, 163
orbital magnetic quantum number, 111,
157
orbital quantum number, 157, 176
order of degeneracy, 122, 159
orthogonality condition, 54
orthonormalization, 404
oscillatory motion, 322
p-region, 289
parabolic potential, 117, 189
Paschen series, 168
path-length difference, 45
Pauli exclusion principle, 173
pendulum, 321
pentagons, 16
period, 321, 334
period of damped oscillations, 327
period of oscillations, 347
periodic motion, 321