Wigner Monte Carlo simulation of phonon-induced electron decoherence in semiconductor nanodevices

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 16, 2008, Pages

  Querlioz, Damien ^a   Saint Martin, Jérôme ^a   Bournel, Arnaud ^a   Dollfus, Philippe ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

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EID: 54449098184     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.78.165306     Document Type: Article

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