One-dimensional phonon-coupled electron tunneling: a realistic model

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 59, Issue 24, 1999, Pages 15854-15861

  Pazy, E ^a   Laikhtman, B ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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EID: 4244062461     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.59.15854     Document Type: Article

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