Intrawell and interwell intersubband transitions in multiple quantum wells for far-infrared sources

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 9305-9320

  Smet, Jurgen H ^a,b   Fonstad, Clifton G ^a   Hu, Qing ^a  

^a USA   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR FESTKÖRPERFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

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EID: 0001276335     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.362607     Document Type: Article

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