QUANTUM EFFECTS IN MESOSCOPIC SYSTEMS

Electronic systems with spatial dimensions of a few microns show a var iety of transport phenomena at very low temperatures that strongly dep end on the quantum mechanical wave properties of the electrons. The in vestigation of quantum effects in mesoscopic systems yields new insigh t into the microscopic electronic transport in condensed matter bur al so is important for metrology as the effects can possibly be used to s et up new quantum measures.