Spatial repartition of current fluctuations in a scanning tunneling microscope

Image Analysis and Stereology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 175-179

  Lagoute, Jerome ^a   Zambelli, Tomaso ^a   Martin, Stephane ^a   Gauthier, Sebastien ^a  

^a CEMES CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

1 f noise; Microscope; Noise; STM; Tunnel junction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012377134     PISSN: 15803139     EISSN: 18545165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5566/ias.v20.p175-179     Document Type: Article

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