Saturation of THz-frequency intraband absorption in InAs/GaAs quantum dot molecules

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 510-512

  Boucaud, P ^a   Gill, K S ^a   Williams, J B ^a   Sherwin, M S ^a   Schoenfeld, W V ^b   Petroff, P M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

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EID: 0000729011     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.127027     Document Type: Article

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