Description

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Preface.- Theoretical Background of Quantum Metrology.- Measurements, Standards and Systems of Units.- The Revised SI System of Units.- Quantum Voltage Standards.- SQUID Detectors of Magnetic Flux.- Quantum Hall Effect and the Resistance Standard.- Quantization of Electrical Conductance and Thermal Conductance in Nanostructures.- Single Electron Tunneling.- Atomic Clocks and Time Scales.- Standards and Measurements of Length.- Satellite Navigation Systems.- Scanning Probe Microscopes.- New Standards of Mass.

About the Author

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Waldemar Nawrocki is a professor of electronics at Poznan University of Technology, Poland, where he earned a Ph.D. in technical sciences in 1981. Dr. Nawrocki also holds a D.Sc. in physics from Jena University, Germany (since 1990). His research fields are: Quantum Metrology, Measurement System, Nanoelectronics and Cryoelectronics. W. Nawrocki has published 15 books. From 2006 to 2016 he has organized and chaired five international conferences on quantum metrology in Poznan.