Energy spectroscopy of controlled coupled quantum-wire states

Nature Physics

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 91-96

  Fischer, S F ^a   Apetrii, G ^a   Kunze, U ^a   Schuh, D ^b,c   Abstreiter, G ^b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b WALTER SCHOTTKY INSTITUT   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALLISTICS; LIQUEFIED GASES; LOGIC DEVICES; QUANTUM OPTICS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WIRES; SUPERFLUID HELIUM;

BALLISTIC TRANSPORTS; ELECTRON WAVEGUIDES; ENERGY SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH RESOLUTION; MODE COUPLING; QUANTUM CIRCUIT; QUANTUM LOGIC DEVICES; SOLID-STATE QUANTUM INFORMATION PROCESSING;

QUANTUM CHEMISTRY;

EID: 33646679181     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys205     Document Type: Article

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