Geometry of epitaxial GaAs/(Al,Ga)As quantum dots as seen by excitonic spectroscopy

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 84, Issue 23, 2011, Pages

  Luo, Jun Wei ^a   Zunger, Alex ^b  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 84855391203     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.84.235317     Document Type: Article

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