Conductance quantization above 30 K in GaAlAs shallow-etched quantum point contacts smoothly joined to the background 2DEG

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 607-609

  Kristensen, A ^a   Bo Jensen, J ^a   Zaffalon, M ^a   Sorensen C B ^a   Reimann, S M ^a   Lindelof, P E ^a   Michel, M ^b   Forchel, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 0343239799     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.366724     Document Type: Article

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