Unified simulation of transport and luminescence in optoelectronic nanostructures

Journal of Computational Electronics

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 509-520

  Steiger, Sebastian ^a   Veprek, Ratko G ^a   Witzigmann, Bernd ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Luminescence; Nanostructures; Optoelectronics; Quantum wells; Quantum wires; Transport

Indexed keywords

CIVIL AVIATION; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; LIGHT; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT SOURCES; LUMINESCENCE; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WIRES; WIRE;

CARRIER CAPTURES; CARRIER DENSITIES; ISOLATED SYSTEMS; OPTOELECTRONICS; QUANTUM WELLS; QUANTUM WIRES; SEMICONDUCTOR NANO STRUCTURES; SINGLE QUANTUM WELLS; TRANSPORT;

QUANTUM CHEMISTRY;

EID: 55849146266     PISSN: 15698025     EISSN: 15728137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10825-008-0261-z     Document Type: Article

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