Theory and design of quantum cascade lasers in (111) n -type Si/SiGe

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Valavanis, A ^a   Lever, L ^a   Evans, C A ^a   Ikonic Z ^a   Kelsall, R W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 47349089201     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.78.035420     Document Type: Article

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