Minibands and Wannier-Stark ladders in semiconductor superlattices studied by infrared spectroscopy

Brazilian Journal of Physics

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 652-660

  Helm, M ^a   Hilber, W ^a   Strasser, G ^b   DeMeester, R ^c   Peeters, F M ^c  

^a JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

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EID: 0033235701     PISSN: 01039733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0103-97331999000400008     Document Type: Review

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