Theoretical Properties of Electron Wave Diffraction Due to a Transversally Periodic Structure in Semiconductors

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 1988, Pages 1652-1658

  Furuya, Kazuhito ^a   Kurishima, Kenji ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

QUANTUM THEORY; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS -- CHARGE CARRIERS;

DIFFRACTION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRON WAVE DIFFRACTION; GRATING STRUCTURE; POTENTIAL ENERGY; TRANSVERSALLY PERIODIC STRUCTURE;

ELECTRONS;

EID: 0024055815     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: 15581713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.7095     Document Type: Article

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