Energy-dependent effective mass approximation in one-dimensional quantum dots

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 1: Regular Papers and Short Notes and Review Papers

Volumn 36, Issue 6 SUPPL. B, 1997, Pages 3928-3931

  Nishiguchi, Norihiko ^a   Yoh, Kanji ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Effective mass; Kronig Penney model; Quantum dots

Indexed keywords

EID: 0142086299     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/jjap.36.3928     Document Type: Article

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