Electronic states of ultrathin InAs/InP (001) quantum wells: A tight-binding study of the effects of band offset, strain, and intermixing

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 66, Issue 19, 2002, Pages 1953031-1953038

  Shtinkov, N ^a   Desjardins, P ^a   Masut, R A ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

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ARSENIC; INDIUM; PHOSPHORUS;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BINDING; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRONICS; ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MODEL; QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 0037113555     PISSN: 01631829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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