Dynamical instability of electric-field domains in ac-driven superlattices

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 353301-353306

  López, Rosa ^a,b   Sánchez, David ^a,b   Platero, Gloria ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FREQUENCY ANALYZER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; RECYCLING; SEMICONDUCTOR; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037437927     PISSN: 01631829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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