Coulomb blockade in single tunnel-junctions: Quantum mechanical effects of the electromagnetic environment

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Coulomb blockade in single tunnel-junctions : Quantum mechanical effects of the electromagnetic environment. / Flensberg, K.; Girvin, S. M.; Jonson, M.; Penn, D. R.; Stiles, M. D.

In: Zeitschrift für Physik B Condensed Matter, Vol. 85, No. 3, 01.10.1991, p. 395-403.

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Flensberg, K, Girvin, SM, Jonson, M, Penn, DR & Stiles, MD 1991, 'Coulomb blockade in single tunnel-junctions: Quantum mechanical effects of the electromagnetic environment', Zeitschrift für Physik B Condensed Matter, vol. 85, no. 3, pp. 395-403. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01307636

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Flensberg, K., Girvin, S. M., Jonson, M., Penn, D. R., & Stiles, M. D. (1991). Coulomb blockade in single tunnel-junctions: Quantum mechanical effects of the electromagnetic environment. Zeitschrift für Physik B Condensed Matter, 85(3), 395-403. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01307636

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Flensberg K, Girvin SM, Jonson M, Penn DR, Stiles MD. Coulomb blockade in single tunnel-junctions: Quantum mechanical effects of the electromagnetic environment. Zeitschrift für Physik B Condensed Matter. 1991 Oct 1;85(3):395-403. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01307636

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Flensberg, K. ; Girvin, S. M. ; Jonson, M. ; Penn, D. R. ; Stiles, M. D. / Coulomb blockade in single tunnel-junctions : Quantum mechanical effects of the electromagnetic environment. In: Zeitschrift für Physik B Condensed Matter. 1991 ; Vol. 85, No. 3. pp. 395-403.

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