Nonequilibrium green's function theory for transport and gain properties of quantum cascade structures

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 66, Issue 24, 2002, Pages 2453141-24531418

  Lee, S C ^a   Wacker, A ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

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ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; ELECTRON; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONEQUILIBRIUM GREEN FUNCTION THEORY; OPTICS; RADIATION SCATTERING; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; THEORY;

EID: 0037116041     PISSN: 01631829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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