Imaging Coulomb islands in a quantum Hall interferometer

Nature Communications

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Hackens, B ^a   Martins, F ^a   Faniel, S ^a   Dutu, C A ^a   Sellier, H ^b   Huant, S ^b   Pala, M ^c   Desplanque, L ^d   Wallart, X ^d   Bayot, V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b LABORATOIRE DE CRISTALLOGRAPHIE   (France)

^c IMEP LAHC   (France)

^d INSTITUT D ELECTRONIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRON; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; INTERFEROMETER; MAGNETIC FIELD; MICROSCOPY; OSCILLATION; SCANNING GATE MICROSCOPY;

EID: 78149356404     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1038     Document Type: Article

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