Measured deviations from the saddle potential description of clean quantum point contacts

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 20, Issue 16, 2008, Pages

  Lindelof, Poul Erik ^a   Aagesen, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON GAS; GALLIUM COMPOUNDS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

DIAMOND PATTERNS; ELECTRON LOCALIZATION; FIXED GATE VOLTAGE;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 42549106442     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/20/16/164207     Document Type: Article

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