Sudden suppression of electron-transmission peaks in finite-biased nanowires

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 1: Regular Papers and Short Notes and Review Papers

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 7491-7495

  Tsukamoto, Shigeru ^a   Aono, Masakazu ^a,b   Hirose, Kikuji ^b  

^a INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electron transmission; Finite biased nanowire; Lippmann Schwinger equation; Local density of states; Negative differential conductance; Voltage drop

Indexed keywords

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; TUNNEL DIODES;

ELECTRON-TRANSMISSION PEAKS;

ELECTRON TRANSITIONS;

EID: 0036994908     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/jjap.41.7491     Document Type: Article

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