Coherent resonant tunneling time and velocity in finite periodic systems

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 12, 2005, Pages

  Pacher, C ^a   Boxleitner, W ^a   Gornik, E ^a  

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ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DECOMPOSITION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 20044387111     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.71.125317     Document Type: Article

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