Second-order non-linear conductance of a two-dimensional mesoscopic conductor

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 10, Issue 24, 1998, Pages 5335-5350

  Sheng, Wei Dong ^a,c   Wang, Jian ^a   Guo, Hong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 3242852835     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/10/24/011     Document Type: Article

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