Phase measurement in the mesoscopic Aharonov-Bohm interferometer

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1153111-1153117

  Aharony, A ^a   Entin Wohlman, O ^a   Halperin, B I ^b   Imry, Y ^c  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; INTERFEROMETER; MEASUREMENT; QUANTUM MECHANICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 0037105093     PISSN: 01631829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.66.115311     Document Type: Article

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