Ballistic Transport in 1D GaAs/AlGaAs Heterostructures

Comprehensive Semiconductor Science and Technology

Volumn 1-6, Issue , 2011, Pages 279-325

  Clarke, W R ^a   Simmons, M Y ^a   Liang, C T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-44-453153-7.00082-1     Document Type: Chapter

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