Intersublevel transitions in self-assembled quantum dots

Comptes Rendus Physique

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 840-849

  Boucaud, Philippe ^a   Sauvage, Sébastien ^a   Houel, Julien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Intersublevel transitions; Mid infrared; Polaron; Quantum dots

Indexed keywords

EID: 57049186267     PISSN: 16310705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crhy.2008.10.005     Document Type: Short Survey

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