'Tight binding' methods in quantum transport through molecules and small devices: From the coherent to the decoherent description

Revista Mexicana de Fisica

Volumn 47, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2001, Pages 1-23

  Pastawski, Horacio M ^a   Medina, Ernesto ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Green's functions; Quantum coherence; Resonant tunneling

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035630622     PISSN: 0035001X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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