Role of electronic structure in photoassisted transport through atomic-sized contacts

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 2007, Pages

  Viljas, J K ^a,b   Cuevas, J C ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

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EID: 33846794320     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.75.075406     Document Type: Article

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