Interaction of wannier-stark ladders and electrical breakdown in superlattices

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 60, Issue 24, 1999, Pages 16584-16590

  Glutsch, S ^a   Bechstedt, F ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

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EID: 0001602568     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.60.16584     Document Type: Article

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