A Monte Carlo approach to determine conductance distributions in quasi-one-dimensional disordered wires

Microelectronics Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 893-899

  Froufe Perez L S ^a   Garcia Mochales P ^b   Serena, P A ^c   Mello, P A ^d   Saenz J J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NICOLÁS CABRERA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE MICROELECTRÓNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Conductance distributions; Disordered wires; Electron transport

Indexed keywords

METAL INSULATOR BOUNDARIES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

METAL-INSULATOR CROSSOVER; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE DISORDERED WIRES;

WIRE;

EID: 24944495778     PISSN: 00262692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mejo.2005.05.002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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