Metamaterial-inspired perfect tunnelling in semiconductor heterostructures

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 13, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Jelinek, L ^a   Baena, J D ^b   Voves, J ^a   Marques, R ^c  

^a CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSICAL ELECTROMAGNETISM; DINGER EQUATION; KANE MODEL; NEGATIVE MATERIALS; SEMICONDUCTOR HETEROSTRUCTURES;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; ELECTROMAGNETISM; METAMATERIALS;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

EID: 80052018733     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/13/8/083011     Document Type: Article

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