Zitterbewegung and its effects on electrons in semiconductors

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 8, 2005, Pages

  Zawadzki, Wlodek ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Poland)

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EID: 33644938908     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.72.085217     Document Type: Article

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