What are Landauer's conduction channels in an atomic-size metallic contact?

Superlattices and Microstructures

Volumn 23, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 747-756

  Scheer, E ^a,b   Joyez, P ^a   Devoret, M H ^a   Esteve, D ^a   Urbina, C ^a  

^a CEA SACLAY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atomic contacts; Conduction channels; Superconductivity

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; QUANTUM THEORY; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

ATOMIC CONTACTS; LANDAUER CONDUCTION CHANNELS;

POINT CONTACTS;

EID: 0031648623     PISSN: 07496036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/spmi.1997.0538     Document Type: Article

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