journal article·2026-01

Resonant tunneling properties of inverse parabolic multibarrier structures: a non-equilibrium green’s function approach

Abdurrahman Ukan, Aslı Hati̇poğlu, Mehmet Batı

Applied Physics A· Volume 132· Issue 1
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