Quantum Ratchets with Few Bands below the Barrier

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 89, Issue 14, 2002, Pages

  Grifoni, M ^a   Ferreira, M S ^a,b   Peguiron, J ^a   Majer, J B ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; BINDING ENERGY; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRON TUNNELING; HAMILTONIANS; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MOLECULAR VIBRATIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS;

CURRENT RECTIFICATION; DISCRETE TIGHT BINDING MODEL; HILBERT SPACE; INTERWELL TUNNELING MOTION; INTRAWELL TUNNELING MOTION; QUANTUM RATCHETS;

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES;

EID: 45849156127     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.146801     Document Type: Article

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