Time-dependent single-electron transport through quantum dots

Reports on Progress in Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 759-796

  Fujisawa, Toshimasa ^a,b   Hayashi, Toshiaki ^a   Sasaki, Satoshi ^a  

^a NTT Basic Research Laboratories   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

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EID: 33644608880     PISSN: 00344885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0034-4885/69/3/R05     Document Type: Article

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