Theory of charge transport in a quantum dot tunnel junction with multiple energy levels

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 24, 2008, Pages

  Chang, Yia Chung ^a,b   Kuo, David M T ^c  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 45249120985     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.77.245412     Document Type: Article

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