Effects of electron interactions at crossings of Zeeman-split subbands in quantum wires

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 11, 2005, Pages

  Berggren, Karl Fredrik ^a   Jaksch, Peter ^a   Yakimenko, Irina ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONDUCTANCE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENSITY; ELECTRON; ELECTRONICS; MAGNETIC FIELD; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; POLARIZATION;

EID: 20044375268     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.71.115303     Document Type: Article

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