Investigation of exciton ground state in quantum dots via Hamiltonian diagonalization method

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 241-249

  Schultz, Zachary M ^a   Essick, John M ^a  

^a REED COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 40449104296     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.2825391     Document Type: Article

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