Metal-insulator transition and glassy behavior in two-dimensional electron systems

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5112, Issue , 2003, Pages 99-113

  Popović, Dragana ^a   Bogdanovich, Snežana ^a,c   Jaroszynski J ^a,d   Klapwijk, T M ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

Glass transition; Metal insulator transition; Noise; Two dimensional systems

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; GLASS TRANSITION; METAL INSULATOR TRANSITION; METALLIC GLASS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOSFET DEVICES; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; STATISTICS; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

ELECTRON DYNAMICS; GLASSY FREEZING; LOW FREQUENCY RESISTANCE NOISE; TWO DIMENSIONAL ELECTRON SYSTEMS;

SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

EID: 0041783439     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.488847     Document Type: Conference Paper

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