Quantum interference in resonant tunneling and single spin measurements

IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 45-51

  Gurvitz, Shmuel A ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Magnetotransport; Quantum interference; Resonant phase; Resonant tunneling; Shot noise spectrum; Single spin measurement; Zeeman splitting

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; HAMILTONIANS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MODULATION; OSCILLATIONS; RESONANCE; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; WAVE INTERFERENCE;

MAGNETOTRANSPORT; QUANTUM INTERFERENCE; RESOANT PHASE; SHOT-NOISE SPECTRUM; SINGLE-SPIN MEASUREMENT; ZEEMAN SPLITTINGS;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 12944274829     PISSN: 1536125X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNANO.2004.840151     Document Type: Conference Paper

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