Interlayer charge transfer in double-quantum-well systems

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 55, Issue 15, 1997, Pages 9294-9297

  Papadakis, S ^a   Lu, J ^a   Shayegan, M ^a   Parihar, S ^a   Lyon, S ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

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EID: 0347922443     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.55.9294     Document Type: Article

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