Quasibound state determination of arbitrary-geometry quantum heterostructures

Microelectronics Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 935-951

  Anemogiannis, E ^a   Glytsis, E N ^a   Gaylord, T K ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRON RESONANCE; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS;

ARBITRARY-GEOMETRY QUANTUM HETEROSTRUCTURES; QUASIBOUND STATES; SINGLE-BAND EFFECTIVE MASS SCHRODINGER EQUATION;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

EID: 0032658712     PISSN: 00262692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0026-2692(99)00060-9     Document Type: Article

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