Gigahertz quantized charge pumping

Nature Physics

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 343-347

  Blumenthal, M D ^a,b   Kaestner, B ^b,c   Li, L ^b,d   Giblin, S ^b   Janssen, T J B M ^b   Pepper, M ^a   Anderson, D ^a   Jones, G ^a   Ritchie, D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

^d SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALLIUM ARSENIDE; III-V SEMICONDUCTORS;

ELECTRICAL CURRENT; ELEMENTARY CHARGE; PUMPING MECHANISM; RECENT RESEARCHES; SINUSOIDAL SIGNALS; TIME-DEPENDENT POTENTIALS; TOPICAL APPLICATION; TRANSPORT FREQUENCIES;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WIRES;

EID: 34247853196     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys582     Document Type: Article

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