Crossover from 'mesoscopic' to 'universal' phase for electron transmission in quantum dots

Nature

Volumn 436, Issue 7050, 2005, Pages 529-533

  Avinun Kalish, M ^a   Heiblum, M ^a   Zarchin, O ^a   Mahalu, D ^a   Umansky, V ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

DOT OCCUPANCY; ELECTRON OCCUPANCY; PHASE MEASUREMENTS; TRANSMISSION PHASE;

ELECTRON TRANSITIONS;

QUANTUM DOT;

ELECTRON;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MEASUREMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 23644442251     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03899     Document Type: Article

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