Conductance quantization in deep mesa-etched gate-controlled ballistic electron waveguides

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 95, Issue 11 I, 2004, Pages 6252-6260

  Raichev, O E ^a   Debray, P ^a  

^a SERVICE DE PHYSIQUE DE L ETAT CONDENSÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRON GAS; ETCHING; FERMI LEVEL; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM COMPOUNDS; THERMAL EFFECTS; WAVEGUIDES;

BALLISTIC TRANSPORT; ENERGY SEPARATION; QUANTIZED CONDUCTANCE; THERMAL SMEARING;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

EID: 2942644529     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1719263     Document Type: Article

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