Quantum-effect and single-electron devices

IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 368-385

  Goodnick, Stephen M ^a   Bird, Jonathan ^a  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Ballistic devices; Nanoelectronics; Quantum devices; Single electron transistors and circuits; Single electron tunneling

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BALLISTICS; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ELECTRON TUNNELING; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; TRANSISTORS;

BALLISTIC DEVICES; NANOELECTRONICS; QUANTUM DEVICES; SINGLE ELECTRON TRANSISTORS; SINGLE ELECTRON TUNNELING (SET);

ELECTRON DEVICES;

EID: 3042765879     PISSN: 1536125X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNANO.2003.820773     Document Type: Conference Paper

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