Thermopower of a quantum dot in a coherent regime

Journal of the Physical Society of Japan

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Nakanishi, Takeshi ^a,b,c   Kato, Takeo ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aharonov Bohm effects; Coherency; Conductance; Landauer formula; Mott formula; Quantum dot; Thermopower

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947235043     PISSN: 00319015     EISSN: 13474073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/JPSJ.76.034715     Document Type: Article

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