Spatiotemporal carrier dynamics in quantum wells under surface acoustic waves

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 20, 2004, Pages

  Garcia Cristobal A ^a   Cantarero, A ^a   Alsina, F ^b   Santos, P V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b PAUL DRUDE INSTITUT FÜR FESTKÖRPERELEKTRONIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DENSITY; DIFFUSION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PIEZOELECTRICITY; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SURFACE PROPERTY; THEORY;

EID: 42749098417     PISSN: 01631829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.69.205301     Document Type: Article

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