Effect of temperature and bias voltage on the conductance distribution of disordered Id quantum wires

Europhysics Letters

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 966-972

  Gopar, V A ^a,b,c   Wolfle P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK KOMPLEXER SYSTEME   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

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EID: 25144525756     PISSN: 02955075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1209/epl/i2005-10172-5     Document Type: Article

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