Hidden symmetries in the energy levels of excitonic 'artificial atoms'

Nature

Volumn 405, Issue 6789, 2000, Pages 923-926

  Bayer, M ^a   Stern, O ^a   Hawrylak, P ^a,b   Fafard, S ^b   Forchel, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

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BERYLLIUM; BORON; CARBON; HELIUM; HYDROGEN; LITHIUM;

ARTICLE; ATOM; ELECTRON; ENERGY; EXCITATION; LASER; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 0034702296     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35016020     Document Type: Article

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