Exciton dynamics and spin relaxation in unstrained and tensile-strained quantum wells

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 994-999

  Munoz L ^a   Perez E ^a   Bellani, V ^a   Zimmermann, S ^a   Vina L ^a   Ploog, K ^b   Koteles, E S ^c   Lau, K M ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b PAUL DRUDE INSTITUT FÜR FESTKÖRPERELEKTRONIK   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^d University of Massachusetts   (United States)

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EID: 0346743464     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.13.000994     Document Type: Article

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