Green-function calculations of coherent electron transport in a gated Si nanowire

ETRI Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 19-26

  Ko, Young Jo ^a   Shin, Mincheol ^a   Ha, Jeong Sook ^a   Park, Kyoung Wan ^a  

^a Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI)   (South Korea)

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Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; FERMI LEVEL; GREEN'S FUNCTION; OSCILLATIONS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS;

BARRIER-INDUCED OSCILLATORY CONDUCTANCE;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WIRES;

EID: 0034274881     PISSN: 12256463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4218/etrij.00.0100.0303     Document Type: Article

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