Intervalley splitting and intersubband transitions in n -type Si SiGe quantum wells: Pseudopotential vs. effective mass calculation

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 20, 2007, Pages

  Valavanis, A ^a   Ikonic Z ^a   Kelsall, R W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34347348180     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.75.205332     Document Type: Article

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