Phasorlike interpretation of tight-binding electronic motion in homogeneous electric fields

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2001, Pages

  Sanjines D ^a   Gallinar, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRON; ENERGY; GEOMETRY; KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035425285     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.64.054301     Document Type: Article

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