Tunneling through arbitrary potential barriers and the apparent barrier height

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1110-1116

  Probst, Oliver M ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND SCIENCES   (Mexico)

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EID: 0036026609     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.1508445     Document Type: Article

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