Theory of excitonic confinement in semiconductor quantum wires

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 11, Issue 31, 1999, Pages 5969-5988

  Rossi, Fausto ^a,b,c   Goldoni, Guido ^a,b   Mauritz, Oskar ^a,b   Molinari, Elisa ^a,b  

^a INFM   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

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EID: 0001812248     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/11/31/306     Document Type: Article

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