Bound states of a finite periodic potential

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 715-722

  Sprung, D W L ^a   Sigetich, J D ^a   Wu, Hua ^a   Martorell, J ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

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EID: 0034414223     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.19533     Document Type: Article

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