Quantum transport through resistive nanocontacts: Effective one-dimensional theory and conductance formulas for nonballistic leads

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 81, Issue 15, 2010, Pages

  Darancet, Pierre ^a,b,c   Olevano, Valerio ^a,b   Mayou, Didier ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b European Theoretical Spectroscopy Facility ETSF   (France)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 77955390719     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.81.155422     Document Type: Article

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