Accessing structural and electronic properties of semiconductor nanostructures via photoluminescence

Characterization of Semiconductor Heterostructures and Nanostructures

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 175-208

  Sanguinetti, Stefano ^a   Guzzi, Mario ^a   Gurioli, Massimo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

carrier dynamics; excitons; interfaces; photoluminescence; quantum wells; semiconductor nanostructures

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952683613     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53099-8.00006-3     Document Type: Chapter

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