Indirect excitons in elevated traps

Nano Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 2094-2098

  High, A A ^a   Hammack, A T ^a   Butov, L V ^a   Mouchliadis, L ^b   Ivanov, A L ^b   Hanson, M ^c   Gossard, A C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMISSION SPECTRUMS; INDIRECT EXCITONS; NARROW LINES; VOLTAGE DEPENDENCE;

EXCITONS;

EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 66449113347     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl900605b     Document Type: Article

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