Numerically stable secular equation for superlattices via transfer-matrix formalism and application to and superlattices

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 57, Issue 15, 1998, Pages 9081-9087

  Szmulowicz, Frank ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0001767476     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.57.9081     Document Type: Article

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