Control of fine-structure splitting and biexciton binding in In xGa1-xAs quantum dots by annealing

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 16, 2004, Pages

  Langbein, W ^a   Borri, P ^a   Woggon, U ^a   Stavarache, V ^b   Reuter, D ^b   Wieck, A D ^b  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; GALLIUM; INDIUM;

ARTICLE; BINDING KINETICS; ENERGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; POLARIZATION; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 42749100936     PISSN: 01631829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.69.161301     Document Type: Article

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