Non-linear dynamics of semiconductor superlattices

Reports on Progress in Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 577-683

  Bonilla, Luis L ^a   Grahn, Holger T ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b PAUL DRUDE INSTITUT FÜR FESTKÖRPERELEKTRONIK   (Germany)

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EID: 15744404674     PISSN: 00344885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0034-4885/68/3/R03     Document Type: Article

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