Direct measurement of quantum confinement effects at metal to quantum-well nanocontacts

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 94, Issue 20, 2005, Pages

  Tivarus, C ^a   Pelz, J P ^a   Hudait, M K ^b   Ringel, S A ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON EMISSION MICROSCOPY; QUANTUM-CONFINEMENT;

ELECTRON BEAMS; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 26944442314     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.206803     Document Type: Article

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