Wannier-Bloch oscillators

Communications in Mathematical Physics

Volumn 197, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 553-569

  Grecchi, Vincenzo ^a   Sacchetti, Andrea ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

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EID: 0001264360     PISSN: 00103616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002200050464     Document Type: Article

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