Observation of Fowler-Nordheim hole tunneling across an electron tunnel junction due to total symmetry filtering

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 14, 2006, Pages

  Bowen, M ^a,b,e   Barthelemy A ^a,b   Bellini, V ^c,d   Bibes, M ^a,b   Seneor, P ^a,b   Jacquet, E ^a,b   Contour, J P ^a,b   Dederichs, P H ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^e INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE ET CHIMIE DES MATÉRIAUX DE STRASBOURG   (France)

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EID: 33646266523     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.73.140408     Document Type: Article

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