Persistent currents in interacting Aharonov-Bohn interferometers and their enhancement by acoustic radiation

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2003, Pages

  Entin Wohlman, O ^a,b   Imry, Y ^b   Aharony, A ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; INTERFEROMETERS; PHONONS; RADIATION EFFECTS;

ACOUSTIC RADIATION; AHARONOV-BOHN INTERFEROMETERS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 0042882814     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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