Microscopic theory of nanostructured semiconductor devices: Beyond the envelope-function approximation

Semiconductor Science and Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages

  Di Carlo, Aldo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

ENVELOPE FUNCTION APPROXIMATIONS;

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES;

EID: 0037231083     PISSN: 02681242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0268-1242/18/1/201     Document Type: Review

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