Experimental tunneling ratchets

Science

Volumn 286, Issue 5448, 1999, Pages 2314-2317

  Linke, H ^a   Humphrey, T E ^a   Lofgren A ^b   Sushkov, A O ^a   Newbury, R ^a   Taylor, R P ^a   Omling, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SEMICONDUCTOR; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0033579328     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.286.5448.2314     Document Type: Article

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