Flat-lens focusing of electrons on the surface of a topological insulator

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Hassler, F ^a   Akhmerov, A R ^a   Beenakker, C W J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 77957739193     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.82.125423     Document Type: Article

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