Number and density of states in quantum semiconductor structures

IEEE Transactions on Education

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 465-470

  Guthrie, Daniel K ^b   Gaylord, Thomas K ^a,b   Glytsis, Elias N ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; ELECTRONIC DENSITY OF STATES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; QUANTUM THEORY; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

CONTINUUM APPROXIMATIONS; QUANTUM MECHANICAL EFFECTS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM STRUCTURES;

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES;

EID: 0030288756     PISSN: 00189359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/13.544799     Document Type: Article

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