Effect of confinement potential geometry on entanglement in quantum dot-based nanostructures

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 23, 2009, Pages

  Abdullah, S ^a   Coe, J P ^a   D'Amico, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77954693447     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.80.235302     Document Type: Article

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