Coherent measurements of high-order electronic correlations in quantum wells

Nature

Volumn 466, Issue 7310, 2010, Pages 1089-1091

  Turner, Daniel B ^a   Nelson, Keith A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

GALLIUM ARSENIDE; NANOMATERIAL;

ELECTRON; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NANOTECHNOLOGY; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ENERGY; GEOMETRY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SEMICONDUCTOR; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 77956163020     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature09286     Document Type: Article

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