Asymmetry of single-particle hole states in a strained Ge/Si double quantum dot

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 16, 2008, Pages

  Yakimov, A I ^a   Bloshkin, A A ^a   Dvurechenskii, A V ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SEMICONDUCTOR PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 54449087297     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.78.165310     Document Type: Article

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