Negative differential resistance of a Coulomb blockade phenomenon in a junction array of ultrasmall islands

International Journal of Electronics

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 333-339

  Nakashima, Hiroshi ^a   Uozumi, Kiyohiko ^a  

^a AOYAMA GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 0347493494     PISSN: 00207217     EISSN: 13623060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/002072197135418     Document Type: Article

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