Crossover from incoherent to coherent electron tunneling between defects in MgO

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 86, Issue 24, 2012, Pages

  McKenna, Keith P ^a   Blumberger, Jochen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84871054582     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.86.245110     Document Type: Article

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