Lifetime of Wannier-Stark states in semiconductor superlattices under strong Zener tunneling to above-barrier bands

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2003, Pages

  Rosam, B ^a   Leo, K ^a   Gluck M ^b   Keck, F ^b   Korsch, J ^b   Zimmer, F ^b   Kohler K ^c  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

^c FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SOLID STATE PHYSICS IAF   (Germany)

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ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDUCTANCE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DISPERSION; ELECTRIC FIELD; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; SEMICONDUCTOR; SPECTROSCOPY; THEORY;

EID: 0242608516     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.68.125301     Document Type: Article

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