Controlled wave-function mixing in strongly coupled one-dimensional wires

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 59, Issue 19, 1999, Pages 12252-12255

  Thomas, K J ^a   Nicholls, J T ^a   Simmons, M Y ^a   Tribe, W R ^a   Davies, A G ^a   Pepper, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0000857857     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.59.12252     Document Type: Article

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