An on-demand coherent single-electron source

Science

Volumn 316, Issue 5828, 2007, Pages 1169-1172

  Feve G ^a   Mahe A ^a   Berroir, J M ^a   Kontos, T ^a   Placais B ^a   Glattli, D C ^a,b   Cavanna, A ^c   Etienne, B ^c   Jin, Y ^c  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b SERVICE DE PHYSIQUE DE L ETAT CONDENSÉ   (France)

^c UNIV PARIS SUD   (France)

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Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

ALTERNATING CURRENT; ARTICLE; CONDUCTOR; ELECTRON; ENERGY; LIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY;

EID: 34249937718     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1141243     Document Type: Article

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