Quadrupolar spectra of nuclear spins in strained In xGa 1-xAs quantum dots

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 85, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Bulutay, Ceyhun ^a,b  

^a BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84859060830     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.85.115313     Document Type: Article

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