Imaging magnetic focusing of coherent electron waves

Nature Physics

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 464-468

  Aidala, Katherine E ^a,e   Parrott, Robert E ^b   Kramer, Tobias ^b   Heller, E J ^b,c   Westervelt, R M ^a,b   Hanson, M P ^d   Gossard, A C ^d  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d University of California   (United States)

^e MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON GAS; ELECTRONS; FOCUSING; GALLIUM ARSENIDE; III-V SEMICONDUCTORS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; POINT CONTACTS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; QUANTUM OPTICS;

APPLIED MAGNETIC FIELDS; COHERENT ELECTRON WAVES; ELECTRON MOTION; ELECTRON TRAJECTORIES; MAGNETIC FOCUSING; QUANTUM POINT CONTACT; QUANTUM-INFORMATION PROCESSING; TWO-DIMENSIONAL ELECTRON GAS (2DEG);

TWO DIMENSIONAL ELECTRON GAS;

EID: 34547360610     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys628     Document Type: Article

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