Coherent tunnelling across a quantum point contact in the quantum Hall regime

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Martins, F ^a   Faniel, S ^a   Rosenow, B ^b   Sellier, H ^c   Huant, S ^c   Pala, M G ^d   Desplanque, L ^e   Wallart, X ^e   Bayot, V ^a,c   Hackens, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d IMEP LAHC   (France)

^e INSTITUT D ELECTRONIQUE   (France)

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EID: 84875161700     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep01416     Document Type: Article

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