Controlled tuning of the radiative lifetime in InAs self-assembled quantum dots through vertical ordering

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 564-566

  Colocci, M ^a   Vinattieri, A ^a   Lippi, L ^a   Bogani, F ^a   Rosa Clot, M ^b   Taddei, S ^b   Bosacchi, A ^c   Franchi, S ^c   Frigeri, P ^c  

^a INFM   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI FIRENZE   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

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EID: 0000222133     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.123146     Document Type: Article

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