Current-induced atomic dynamics, instabilities, and Raman signals: Quasiclassical Langevin equation approach

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 85, Issue 24, 2012, Pages

  Lü, Jing Tao ^a   Brandbyge, Mads ^a   Hedegård, Per ^b   Todorov, Tchavdar N ^c   Dundas, Daniel ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84863317892     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.85.245444     Document Type: Article

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