Fine structure in the excitonic emission of InAs/GaAs quantum dot molecules

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 12, 2005, Pages

  Ortner, G ^a   Yugova, I ^a,f   Baldassarri Hoger Von Hogersthal G ^a   Larionov, A ^a,g   Kurtze, H ^a   Yakovlev, D R ^a   Bayer, M ^a   Fafard, S ^b,h   Wasilewski, Z ^b   Hawrylak, P ^b   Lyanda Geller, Y B ^c   Reinecke, T L ^c   Babinski, A ^d   Potemski, M ^d   Timofeev, V B ^e,g   Forchel, A ^e  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d GRENOBLE HIGH MAGNETIC FIELD LABORATORY   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^f ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^g INSTITUTE OF SOLID STATE PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^h Cyrium Technologies   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC DERIVATIVE; GALLIUM; INDIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; GEOMETRY; MAGNETIC FIELD; QUANTUM DOT;

EID: 20144374572     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.71.125335     Document Type: Article

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