Nonequilibrium composition profiles of alloy quantum dots and their correlation with the growth mode

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 107, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Niu, X B ^a   Stringfellow, G B ^a,b   Liu, Feng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b University of Utah   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION PROFILE; CORE SHELL STRUCTURE; EQUILIBRIUM COMPOSITIONS; FACETED GROWTH; GAAS; GROWTH MODES; INGAAS DOT; KINETIC GROWTH; LAYER-BY-LAYER GROWTH; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION METHODS; NON EQUILIBRIUM;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 80051515739     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.076101     Document Type: Article

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