Theory of valence-band holes as Luttinger spinors in vertically coupled quantum dots

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Climente, J I ^a   Korkusinski, M ^b   Goldoni, G ^a,c   Hawrylak, P ^b  

^a CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

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EID: 53849135575     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.78.115323     Document Type: Article

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