The physics of information technology
Author(s)
Bibliographic Information
The physics of information technology
（Cambridge Series on Information and the Natural Sciences）
Cambridge University Press, 2000
- : hardback
Available at / 30 libraries
-
Library, Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Kyoto University数研
hardbackGER||19||100073392
-
No Libraries matched.
- Remove all filters.
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [347]-361) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The Physics of Information Technology explores the familiar devices that we use to collect, transform, transmit, and interact with electronic information. Many such devices operate surprisingly close to very many fundamental physical limits. Understanding how such devices work, and how they can (and cannot) be improved, requires deep insight into the character of physical law as well as engineering practice. The book starts with an introduction to units, forces, and the probabilistic foundations of noise and signalling, then progresses through the electromagnetics of wired and wireless communications, and the quantum mechanics of electronic, optical, and magnetic materials, to discussions of mechanisms for computation, storage, sensing, and display. This self-contained volume will help both physical scientists and computer scientists see beyond the conventional division between hardware and software to understand the implications of physical theory for information manipulation.
Table of Contents
- Preface
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Interactions, units, and magnitudes
- 3. Noise in physical systems
- 4. Information in physical systems
- 5. Electromagnetic fields and waves
- 6. Circuits, transmission lines, and wave guides
- 7. Multipoles and antennas
- 8. Optics
- 9. Lensless imaging and inverse problems
- 10. Semiconductor materials and devices
- 11. Generating, modulating, and detecting light
- 12. Magnetic storage
- 13. Measurement and coding
- 14. Transducers
- 15. Timekeeping and navigation
- 16. Quantum computing and communications
- Appendix 1. Problem solutions.
by "Nielsen BookData"