Einselection in action: Decoherence and pointer states in open quantum dots

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Ferry, D K ^a   Akis, R ^a   Bird, J P ^a  

^a AZ 85281   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; FERMI LEVEL; MAGNETIC FIELDS; OSCILLATIONS; POINT CONTACTS; QUANTUM THEORY; RESONANCE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

DECOHERENCE; EINSELECTION; POINTER STATES; QUANTUM STATES;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 4043099569     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.026803     Document Type: Article

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