Although quantum and classical physics are founded on very different principles, similarities between quantum and classical phenomena are not uncommon. This fact was considered by physicists as a mere curiosity until, quite recently, it became clear that such analogies between quantum and classical physics can be exploited in theoretical as well as experimental work in emerging key research areas. The analogies described in this book include the mathematical similarity between the Schrödinger equation and the Helmholtz equation (and its application in nanodevice design), the similarities between quantum multi-level systems and their optical counterparts, and the optical implementations of quantum computing algorithms. Also described are the mathematical analogies between classical and quantum phase space physics. These analogies help to deepen our understanding of stll hotly debated quantum mechanical principles

Wide-ranging implications, both for our fundamental understanding of quantum mechanics and for new applications in the area of device physics and quantum computing Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Mircea Dragoman was born in Bucharest in 1955. He graduated the Polytechnical Institute in Bucharest, Electronic Faculty, in 1980. He received the doctoral degree in electronics in 1991. He is a senior researcher I at the National Research Institute in Microtechnologies, since 1996. He is teaching since 2008 at Univ. Poltehnica Bucharest ,Romania a course termed Advanced Technological Processes which related to nanotechnologies and advanced materials. He has realized the first carbon nanotube and graphene devices and circuits for high frequency applications enriching the novel area of Carbon-based Electronics. In the period 1992-1994 he was the recipient of the Humbold Fellowship award and he has followed postdoctoral studies at Duisburg University, Germany. He was invited professor at : CNR- Istituto di Electtronica dello Stato Solido-Roma (1996), Univ. Saint-Etienne -Franta (1997), Univ. Mannheim (1998-1999, 2001-2002), Univ. Frankfurt (2003), Univ. Darmstadt (2004); in the period 2005-2006, 2008-2010 he was nominated directeur de recherche at CNRS LAAS Toulouse. He has published more than 250 scientific papers in the following areas : nanoelectronics, microwaves, MEMS, optoelectronics. He eceived the "Gheorghe Cartianu" award of the Romanian Academy in 1999.He is co-author of the following books: D. Dragoman, M. Dragoman "Advanced Optoelectronic Devices", Springer (1999),D. Dragoman, M. Dragoman, "Optical Characterization of Solids, Springer (2002),st edition,420 pages i,( 2006), second edition (2008).D.Dragoman, M.Dragoman, Bionanoelectronics, Springer 2012. D.Dragoman and M.Dragoman, Sheng Wu Na Mi Dian Zi Xu (Bionanolectronics, Chinesse Edition, Science Press (2015). Daniela Dragoman graduated the University of Bucharest, Physics Faculty, in 1989 and received the PhD degree from the University of Limerick, in 1993. She is Professor at the Physics Faculty, University of Bucharest. She teaches Solid State Physics and Nanophysics courses at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Her areas of interests include the physics and applications of nanostructures, with a particular emphasis of carbon nanotubes and graphene, and modeling of quantum nanoscale devices. She was the recipient of the Alexander von Humboldt fellowship during Feb. 1998-June 1999 and Sept. 2001-March 2002, when she worked at the Univ. of Mannheim, Germany, and occupied the position of Directeur de Recherche at LAAS-CNRS, Toulouse, France during July-September 2008, 2009, and 2010. She was also visiting professor at several universities in France, Germany, and Italy. Daniela Dragoman has published more than 270 scientific papers in areas including quantum and classical optics, quantum mechanics, and nanostructures. She co-authored the books Advanced Optoelectronic Devices (1999), Optical Characterization of Solids (2002), Quantum-Classical Analogies (2004) and Bionanoelectronics (2012, with an edition in 2014 at China Science Publishing and Media Inc.) published by Springer, and Nanoelectronics: Principles and Devices (1st edition in 2006 and 2nd edition in 2008) published by Artech House, as well as other book chapters. She received the "Gheorghe Cartianu" award of the Romanian Academy in 1999, for the book Advanced Optoelectronic Devices (Springer).

Inhalt
1 Introduction.- 2 Analogies Between Ballistic Electrons and Electromagnetic Waves.- 3 Electron/Electromagnetic Multiple Scattering and Localization.- 4 Acoustic Analogies for Quantum Mechanics.- 5 Optical Analogs for Multilevel Quantum Systems.- 6 Particle Optics.- 7 Quantum/Classical Nonlinear Phenomena.- 8 Quantum/Classical Phase Space Analogies.- 9 Analogies Between Quantum and Classical Computing.- 10 Other Quantum/Classical Analogies.- References.