Shifting a quantum wire through a disordered crystal: Observation of conductance fluctuations in real space

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 61, Issue 20, 2000, Pages R13353-R13356

  Heinzel, T ^a   Salis, G ^a   Held, R ^a   Luscher S ^a   Ensslin, K ^a   Wegscheider, W ^a   Bichler, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 0003755143     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.61.R13353     Document Type: Article

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