Conductance quantization at a half-integer plateau in a symmetric GaAs quantum wire

Science

Volumn 312, Issue 5778, 2006, Pages 1359-1362

  Crook, R ^a   Prance, J ^a   Thomas, K J ^a   Chorley, S J ^a   Farrer, I ^a   Ritchie, D A ^a   Pepper, M ^a   Smith, C G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL DEFECTS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE;

FERROMAGNETIC PHASE; PLANCK'S CONSTANT; SCANNING-PROBE TECHNIQUES; SPIN-POLARIZATION;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WIRES;

GALLIUM ARSENIDE;

ARSENIDE GROUP; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GALLIUM;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRON; LOW TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; MAGNETIC FIELD; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 33744827425     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1126445     Document Type: Article

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