Unit ENERGY PHYSICS
- Course
- Physics
- Study-unit Code
- GP005460
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- Teacher
- Luca Gammaitoni
- Teachers
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- Luca Gammaitoni
- Hours
- 42 ore - Luca Gammaitoni
- CFU
- 6
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2017
- Offered
- 2019/20
- Learning activities
- Affine/integrativa
- Area
- Attività formative affini o integrative
- Academic discipline
- FIS/03
- Type of study-unit
- Opzionale (Optional)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- Italian
- Contents
- This course deals with the topic of energy from the point of view of Physics. It is organised in three main sections:
I Fundamental principles: from classical thermodynamics to non-equilibrium statistical mechanics, with specific reference to processes at micro and nanoscale.
II Thermodynamics of information: we study the way in which energy is dissipated in information and communication devices with special reference to the fundamental physical limits.
III Energy Harvesting: we study the way energy is collected from ambient sources and transformed in order to be used by mobile electronic devices in the "internet of things perspective". - Reference texts
- - Energy Management at the Nanoscale
L. Gammaitoni, in the book "ICT - Energy - Concepts Towards Zero - Power Information and Communication Technology” InTech, February 2, 2014
- Minimum Energy of Computing, Fundamental Considerations, L. Victor Zhirnov, Ralph Cavin and Luca Gammaitoni
in the book "ICT - Energy - Concepts Towards Zero - Power Information and Communication Technology” InTech, February 2, 2014
Other texts suggested during the lectures - Educational objectives
- To let the student become acquainted with the energy transformation concepts and principia at micro and nanoscales.
To provide the student with the instruments for understanding the physics of computation.
To provide the student with the instruments for understanding the physics of energy harvesting. - Prerequisites
- none
- Teaching methods
- Lecture
- Other information
- Learning verification modality
- Colloquium
- Extended program
- Energy intro and Basic thermodynamics
Thermodynamics vs statistical mechanics
Signal analysis intro
Signal analysis transformations
Signal analysis Fourier transf., spectra
Random Data
Brownian motion and Entropy at microscales
Information theory I
Information theory II
Computing systems I
Computing systems II
Physics of Switches
Thermodynamics of comp. (Landauer)
Memories
Introduction to quantum computing
Future of computing: analog computers
Energy harvesting (principles)
Energy harvesting (applications)