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1.1 Information is physical |
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1.2 The Church-Turing thesis, and state machines |
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1.3 The mechanics of information |
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1.4 Probabilities and the principle of maximum entropy |
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22 | (3) |
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1.6 Conservation and non-conservation |
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25 | (8) |
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1.7 Circuits in light of infodynamic considerations |
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2.8 Fluctuations and transitions |
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40 | (3) |
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1.9 Errors, stability and the energy cost of determinism |
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48 | (4) |
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1.11 Information and quantum processes |
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52 | (1) |
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53 | (1) |
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1.13 Concluding remarks and bibliographic notes |
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54 | (3) |
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57 | (6) |
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2.1 Transistors as dimensions shrink |
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64 | (6) |
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2.2 Geometries and scaling |
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70 | (2) |
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2.3 The off state of a nanoscale transistor |
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72 | (19) |
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2.4 Conduction at the nanoscale |
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91 | (20) |
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2.5 The on state of a nanoscale transistor |
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111 | (21) |
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2.6 Zero bandgap and monoatomic layer limits |
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132 | (1) |
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2.7 Parasitic resistances |
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143 | (3) |
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2.9 Concluding remarks and bibliographic notes |
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146 | (1) |
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147 | (8) |
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3 Phenomena and devices at the quantum scale and the mesoscale |
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3.1 Quantum computation and communication |
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157 | (23) |
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180 | (27) |
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3.3 Single and many electrons in a nanoscale dot |
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207 | (23) |
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230 | (3) |
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3.5 Concluding remarks and bibliographic notes |
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233 | (1) |
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234 | (3) |
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4 Phase transitions and their devices |
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237 | (174) |
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243 | (17) |
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4.2 Ferroelectricity and ferroelectric memories |
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260 | (21) |
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4.3 Electron correlations and devices |
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281 | (25) |
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4.4 Spin correlations and devices |
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4.5 Memories and storage from broken translational symmetry |
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400 | (4) |
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4.7 Concluding remarks and bibliographic notes |
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404 | (3) |
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407 | (4) |
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5 Electromechanics and its devices |
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412 | (14) |
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455 | (1) |
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5.4 Consequences of nonlinearity |
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5.5 Caveats: Continuum to nanoscale |
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473 | (1) |
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5.7 Concluding remarks and bibliographic notes |
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474 | (1) |
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475 | (6) |
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6 Electromagnetic-matter interactions and devices |
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6.1 The Casimir-Polder effect |
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482 | (10) |
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6.3 Interactions in particle beams |
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502 | (10) |
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512 | (14) |
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6.5 Optoelectronic energy exchange in inorganic and organic semiconductors |
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526 | (17) |
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6.6 Lasing by quantum cascade |
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543 | (11) |
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554 | (4) |
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6.8 Concluding remarks and bibliographic notes |
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558 | (2) |
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560 | (3) |
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A Information from the Shannon viewpoint |
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565 | (6) |
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B Probabilities and the Bayesian approach |
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571 | (6) |
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C Algorithmic entropy and complexity |
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D Classical equipartition of energy |
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E Probability distribution functions |
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585 | (4) |
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E.1 The Poisson distribution |
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586 | (1) |
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E.2 The Gaussian normal distribution |
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587 | (2) |
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589 | (14) |
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595 | (3) |
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598 | (1) |
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598 | (5) |
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G Dimensionality and state distribution |
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603 | (6) |
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H Schwarz-Christoffel mapping |
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609 | (6) |
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615 | (4) |
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J The Berry phase and its topological implications |
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623 | (6) |
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633 | (8) |
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N Phase space portraiture |
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649 | (6) |
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O.1 Relaxation oscillators |
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651 | (2) |
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O.2 Parametric oscillators |
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653 | (2) |
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655 | (4) |
| Glossary |
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| Index |
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