Linear and nonlinear conductance of ballistic quantum wires with hybrid confinement

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Kothari, H ^a   Ramamoorthy, A ^a   Akis, R ^a   Goodnick, S M ^a   Ferry, D K ^a   Reno, J L ^b   Bird, J P ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c the State University of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; LINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR ANALYSIS; QUANTUM THEORY;

BALLISTIC QUANTUM WIRES; ELECTRON CONFINEMENT; NONLINEAR DIFFERENTIAL CONDUCTANCE; QUANTUM POINT CONTACTS (QPC);

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WIRES;

EID: 38149035903     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2827466     Document Type: Article

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