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JIMMY XU, PhD, is Professor of Engineering and Physics at Brown University and currently conducts research in quantum and molecular electronics and photonics. He has won numerous international awards for his research accomplishments, including the 1995 Steacie Prize of Canada.

ALEX ZASLAVSKY, PhD, is an associate professor of Engineering and Physics at Brown University. He has won numerous awards, including the Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award. An Alfred P. Sloan Fellow, Professor Zaslavsky has published over sixty papers and coedited several books on device physics and microelectronics.

PART I: SILICON IN THE NANO AGE.

Nanoelectronic Technology: In Search of the Ultimate Device Structure (H. Lin & S. Sze).

Limits and Alternaitives to Optical Lithography (J. Benschop).

The Future of CMOS Downscaling (H. Iwai).

Future Trends in Memory Developments: Challenges and Perspective (K. Kim & G. Koh).

Future Challenges and Needs for Nano-Electyronics From a Manufacturing Veiwpoint (Y. Nishi).

Wireless Sensor Networks and the Sensor Revolution (T. Smith).

The Physical Layer of Ambient Intelligence (H. van Houten).

Modeling of Near-Field Effects in Sub-Wavelength Deep Ultraviolet Lithography (J. Azpiroz & E. Yablonovitch).

Extreme Future CMOS Devices Using SOI Technology (T. Hiramoto).

Double Gate Coupling and Quantum Tunneling in Ultrathin SOI MOSFETs (C. Aydin, et al.).

Space-Radiation Effects in Advanced SOI Devices and Alternative Gate Dielectrics (C. Cirba, et al.).

Modeling of Mobility in Ultra-Thin SOI MOSFETs: Physical Understanding and Analytical Models for Device Simulators (D. Esseni, et al.).

PART II: NANOMATERIALISM, QUANTA, SPINS, AND MOLECULES.

Electrodynamics of Left-Handed Media (A. Efros & A. Pokrovsky).

Spintronics? (M. Dyakonov).

Understanding Molecular Transistors (P. Solomon & C. Kagan).

Molecular Electronics: Experiments, Device Concepts and Architectures (N. Zhitenev).

Molecular Electronics: A Proposed Roadmap for Commercialization (H. Goronkni & R. Tsui).

Self-Assembly Motifs for Molecular Electronic Test Structures (J. Klare, et al.).

On the Road Towards Superconductor Computers: Twenty Years Later (M. Dorojevets, et al.).

Self-Organized Molecular Beam Epitaxial Growth of AlGaN/GaN Nanostructures on Si(111) Substrates for Optoelectronic Applications (J. Ristic, et al.).

Free-Standing Si/SiGe Micro- and Nanotubes for Microelectronics (D. Grützmacher, et al.).

Silicon-on-Insulator (SOI): A Path for Integration of Silicon Light Emitters into Future Microelectronic Chips? (M. Green).

Organic Microelectronics Based on Polymer Nanostructures (A. Aleshin).

Quantum Devices: Microscope Theory and Simulation (R. Iotti & F. Rossi).

Critical Current and Magnetic Properties of Nb-Cu-Ni-Cu-Nb Junctions (Y. Blum, et al.).

Tunneling Mechanism of 1/f Noise in GaN-Based HFETs (M. Levinshtein, et al.).

PART III: QUANTUM CASCADE TERAHERTZ LASERS AND OTHER LASER NOVELTIES.

Quantum Cascade Lasers: Old Hats and New Tricks (J Faist, et al.).

Quantum Cascade Lasers and Applications, Opportunities and Limitations (C. Gmachl).

Quantum Cascade Lasers: The Source of Choice for THz Photonics? (A. Tredicucci).

Phonon-Depopulated THz Quantum Cascade Lasers (Q. Hu, et al.).

The Generation and Applications of Ultra-Broadband Terahertz Radiation (E. Linfield, et al.).

Avoiding Light Holes on the Path to a Si/SiGe Quantum Cascade Lasers (U. Gennser, et al.).

Design and Continuous-Wave Room Temperature Performance of GaInAsSb/AiGaAsSb Type-I Electrically Pumped Lasers (G. Belenky, et al.).

Semiconductor Lasersm Beyond Quantum Dots (N. Ledentsov).

Phonon or Polaron Lasers? (H. Liu).

List of Contributors. 

Index.

"…offers another insightful look into the future of the microelectronics industry, as envisioned by top lithographic-centric experts." (Chip Scale Review, March 2005)

“...well-organized and readable.… It will spur you to think and will help you realize how and why the technologies you are using may differ greatly in five or 10 years.” (EDN, September 30, 2004)