Quantum transport in weakly coupled superlattices at low temperature

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 81, Issue 15, 2010, Pages

  Lhuillier, E ^a,b   Ribet Mohamed, I ^a   Nedelcu, A ^c   Berger, V ^b   Rosencher, E ^a  

^a ONERA   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^c ALCATEL THALES III V LAB   (France)

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EID: 77954196634     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.81.155305     Document Type: Article

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