Exciton recombination dynamics in an ensemble of (In,Al)As/AlAs quantum dots with indirect band-gap and type-I band alignment

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 84, Issue 15, 2011, Pages

  Shamirzaev, T S ^a   Debus, J ^b   Abramkin, D S ^a   Dunker, D ^b   Yakovlev, D R ^b,c   Dmitriev, D V ^a   Gutakovskii, A K ^a   Braginsky, L S ^a   Zhuravlev, K S ^a   Bayer, M ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF SEMICONDUCTOR PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^b TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c IOFFE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 80455178812     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.84.155318     Document Type: Article

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