Phonon-induced electron relaxation in weakly confined single and coupled quantum dots

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Climente, Juan I ^a   Bertoni, Andrea ^a   Goldoni, Guido ^a,b   Molinari, Elisa ^a,b  

^a CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

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EID: 33745952780     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.74.035313     Document Type: Article

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