First-order coherent resonant tunneling through an interacting coupled-quantum-dot interferometer: Generic quantum rate equations and current noise

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Dong, Bing ^a   Lei, X L ^a   Horing, Norman J M ^b  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Stevens Institute of Technology   (United States)

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EID: 40849119869     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.77.085309     Document Type: Article

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