Electron-avalanche amplifier based on the electronic venturi effect

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 16, 2010, Pages

  Taubert, D ^a   Schinner, G J ^a   Tranitz, H P ^b   Wegscheider, W ^c   Tomaras, C ^a   Kehrein, S ^a   Ludwig, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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EID: 78149301761     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.82.161416     Document Type: Article

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