Coherent exciton dynamics as a function of quantum-well number

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1241-1245

  Weber, D ^a   Feldmann, J ^a   Gobel E O ^a,d   Stroucken, T ^a   Knorr, A ^a   Koch, S W ^a   Citrin, D S ^b   Kohler K ^c  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SOLID STATE PHYSICS IAF   (Germany)

^d PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

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EID: 0030552478     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.13.001241     Document Type: Article

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