Applicability of the kp method to modeling of InAs/GaSb short-period superlattices

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 16, 2009, Pages

  Hong, B H ^a   Rybchenko, S I ^a   Itskevich, I E ^a   Haywood, S K ^a   Intartaglia, R ^b   Tasco, V ^b   Raino G ^b   De Giorgi, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b INFM   (Italy)

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EID: 66749093078     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.79.165323     Document Type: Article

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