Mode-locking of incommensurate phase by quantum zero-point energy in the Frenkel-Kontorova model

Europhysics Letters

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 342-347

  Hu, B H ^c   Li, B L ^a   Zhao, H ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

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EID: 0035255755     PISSN: 02955075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1209/epl/i2001-00159-8     Document Type: Article

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