Density of states and phonon-induced relaxation of electrons in semiconductor quantum dots

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 1997, Pages R4355-R4358

  Inoshita, Takeshi ^a   Sakaki, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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EID: 0001335627     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.56.R4355     Document Type: Article

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