Centrosymmetric PbTe/CdTe quantum dots coherently embedded by epitaxial precipitation

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 88, Issue 19, 2006, Pages

  Heiss, W ^a   Groiss, H ^a   Kaufmann, E ^a   Hesser, G ^a   Boberl M ^a   Springholz, G ^a   Schaffler F ^a   Koike, K ^b   Harada, H ^b   Yano, M ^b  

^a JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

^b OSAKA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITAXIAL GROWTH; HETEROJUNCTIONS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM TELLURIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SOLUBILITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

CRYSTALLINE MATRIX; PBTECDTE HETEROSYSTEMS; THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM; WAVELENGTH;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 33646710827     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2202107     Document Type: Article

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