Enhancement of the binding energy of charged excitons in disordered quantum wires

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2005, Pages

  Otterburg, T ^a   Oberli, D Y ^a   Dupertuis, M A ^a   Moret, N ^a   Pelucchi, E ^a   Dwir, B ^a   Leifer, K ^a   Kapon, E ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

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ARTICLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENERGY; OPTICS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; QUANTUM DOT; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

EID: 15544378872     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.71.033301     Document Type: Article

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