Dynamical localization of electrons in an aperiodic superlattice

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 57, Issue 15, 1998, Pages 9043-9049

  Luban, Marshall ^a   Luscombe, James H ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

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EID: 0542427882     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.57.9043     Document Type: Article

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