Calculating scattering matrices by wave function matching

Physica Status Solidi (B) Basic Research

Volumn 245, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 623-640

  Zwierzycki, M ^a   Khomyakov, P A ^b   Starikov, A A ^b   Xia, K ^c   Talanana, M ^b   Xu, P X ^b   Karpan, V M ^b   Marushchenko, I ^b   Turek, I ^d   Bauer, G E W ^e   Brocks, G ^b   Kelly, P J ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PHYSICS   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS OF MATERIALS   (Czech Republic)

^e DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 55649099678     PISSN: 03701972     EISSN: 15213951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pssb.200743359     Document Type: Review

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