Quantized conductance of a point contact

-The origin of the conductance quantization ("Adiabatic Electron Transport" theory):

JETP Letters, 48, 238 (1988) [pdf file]

-Nonlinear quantum conductance:

Europhysics Letters, 9, 263 (1989)

The necessary condition for the adiabatic electron transport - smooth electrostatic confinement

-Electrostatics of a quantum wire:

Semicond. Sci. Technol., 6, 32 (1991) [pdf file]

-Electrostatics of edge states:

Phys. Rev. B, 46, 4026 (1992) [pdf file]