Crossover from strong to weak confinement for excitons in shallow or narrow quantum wells

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 3922-3932

  Iotti, Rita Claudia ^a   Andreani, Lucio Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

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EID: 0000873274     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.56.3922     Document Type: Article

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