Electronic structure and optical properties of Sn and SnGe quantum dots

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 103, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Moontragoon, Pairot ^a   Vukmirović, Nenad ^a   Ikonić, Zoran ^a   Harrison, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ENERGY GAP; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SEMICONDUCTING TIN COMPOUNDS; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; TIN;

INTERBAND TRANSITION ENERGIES; PSEUDOPOTENTIAL METHODS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 44649100170     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2932169     Document Type: Article

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