Effect of interfaces and the spin-orbit band on the band gaps of InAs/GaSb superlattices beyond the standard envelope-function approximation

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 15, 2004, Pages

  Szmulowicz, F ^a   Haugan, H ^a   Brown, G J ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PARAMETER; PHYSICS;

EID: 42749098115     PISSN: 01631829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.69.155321     Document Type: Article

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