Lateral confinement and band mixing in ultrathin semiconductor quantum wells with steplike interfaces

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 15, 2004, Pages

  Shtinkov, N ^a   Desjardins, P ^a   Masut, R A ^a   Vlaev, S J ^b  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE ZACATECAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; INDIUM; PHOSPHORUS;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; ELECTRON; ENERGY; OPTICS; QUANTUM MECHANICS; QUANTUM WELL; SEMICONDUCTOR; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 42749103892     PISSN: 01631829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.70.155302     Document Type: Article

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