Potential barrier modification and interface states formation in metal-oxide-metal tunnel junctions

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Jung, Hyuntae ^a   Kim, Yongmin ^a   Jung, Kyooho ^a   Im, Hyunsik ^a,b   Pashkin, Yu A ^b,c,d   Astafiev, O ^b,c   Nakamura, Y ^b,c   Lee, Hosik ^b,c   Miyamoto, Y ^b,c   Tsai, J S ^b,c  

^a Dongguk University   (South Korea)

^b RIKEN   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d LEBEDEV PHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 70350738543     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.80.125413     Document Type: Article

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