Zitterbewegung of electrons and holes in III-V semiconductor quantum wells

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 2006, Pages

  Schliemann, John ^a,b   Loss, Daniel ^b   Westervelt, R M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33644550319     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.73.085323     Document Type: Article

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