Here is a nonexhaustive list of references, textbooks, review articles,
or web-based lecture notes that are more or less closely related to
mesoscopic physics. For referecnes more closely related to semiclassical methods, have a look at the introductory lecture.
GENERAL TEXTBOOKS
N. Ashcroft and D. Mermin, Solid State Physics,
Saunders College (1976). Classic book on condensed matter physics
MESOSCOPIC PHYSICS TEXTBOOKS
S. Datta, Electronic Transport in Mesoscopic Systems,
Cambridge (2003).
Good book, containing most of what will be discussed, except chapters
2 (persistent currents) and 6 (quantum dots).
It is yet not clear, as of march 11 2004, whether
chapter 5 on decoherence will follow the line of thoughts of this book.
But if you want to buy one book, this is the one.
Y. Imry, Introduction to Mesoscopic Physics}, Oxford.
I am not sure this book is adequate for an introductory class in
mesoscopic physics - it seems rather directed at workers in the field.
I still list it here, since almost all topics we will address in the
course are discussed there - with perhaps not the exception of chapter
6 on quantum dots. I will probably take some inspiration here
for my discussion of
persistent currents and decoherence from this book.
REVIEW ARTICLES : GENERAL
C. Beenakker and H. van Houten, Quantum Transport
in Semiconductor Nanostructures, in ``Solid State Physics'', Ehrenreich and
Turnbull Eds., Academic Press (1991).Great review!
D. Stone, Transport Theory of Mesoscopic Systems:
Application to Ballistic Transport}, in ``Physique Quantique Mesoscopique'',
Les Houches Lecture, Session LXI, Elsevier (1995).Great review article, it's one of my favorite (together at least with two
other review articles by Doug Stone, and two of Carlo Beenakker, which
makes them even, I guess ?).
C. Beenakker, Rev. Mod. Phys. 69, 731 (1997). This review is focused on a specific analytical method applied to the
problem of transport : Random
Matrix Theory. I am not sure how usefull this is at the undergrad level.
I may write down some summary of this theory, inspired by this review,
in an Appendix of the lecture notes.
REVIEW ARTICLES : SPECIFIC TOPICS
I. Aleiner, P. Brouwer, and L. Glazman, Phys. Rep.
358, 309 (2002).Quantum Dots. If you're looking for a theoretical discussion of quantum dots,
this is the place to go!