Quantum oscillations in a confined electron gas

Nature

Volumn 389, Issue 6654, 1997, Pages 937-939

  Wursch Ch ^a   Stamm, C ^a   Egger, S ^a   Pescia, D ^a   Baltensperger, W ^b   Helman, J S ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b CENTRO BRASILEIRO DE PESQUISAS FÍSICAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; ELECTRON; ENERGY TRANSFER; MAGNETIC FIELD; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0343635617     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/40081     Document Type: Article

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