Piezoelectric effects in In0.5Ga0.5As self-assembled quantum dots grown on (311) B GaAs substrates

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 77, Issue 19, 2000, Pages 2979-2981

  Patane A ^a   Levin, A ^a   Polimeni, A ^a,b   Schindler, F ^a   Main, P C ^a   Eaves, L ^a   Henini, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÀ DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA   (Italy)

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EID: 0000255473     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1322631     Document Type: Article

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