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Tunneling of charge density waves in transition metal trichalcogenides

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Festkörperprobleme 25

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In the well-known one-dimensional charge density wave conductor niobium triselenide we have observed photon assisted tunneling applying the method of phase resolved harmonic mixing at 9.5 GHz. The observed absolute phase shift scales with the dielectric constant which indicates that the tunneling time constant is the dielectric relaxation time.

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  1. Ludwig Boltzmann Institut für Festkörperphysik and Institut für Festkörperphysik der Universität Wien, A-1060, Wien, Austria

    Karlheinz Seeger, Werner Mayr & Alfred Philipp

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  1. Karlheinz Seeger
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Seeger, K., Mayr, W., Philipp, A. (1985). Tunneling of charge density waves in transition metal trichalcogenides. In: Grosse, P. (eds) Festkörperprobleme 25. Advances in Solid State Physics, vol 25. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0108144

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