Quantum steering of electron wave function in an InAs Y -branch switch

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 86, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1-3

  Jones, G M ^a   Yang, C H ^a   Yang, M J ^b   Lyanda Geller, Y B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERMI WAVELENGTH; MAGNETIC FOCUSING; QUANTUM POINT CONTACTS (QPC); Y-BRANCH SWITCHES (YBS);

ELECTRON WAVE TUBES; FERMI LEVEL; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; QUANTUM THEORY; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; TRANSCONDUCTANCE; TRANSISTORS; WAVEGUIDES;

ELECTRIC SWITCHES;

EID: 17044413715     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1867554     Document Type: Article

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