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Journal of Luminescence

Theory of coherent effects in semiconductors

Stefan W. Koch, C. Sieh, T. Meier, F. Jahnke, A Knorr, Peter Brick, Matthias Hübner, Claudia Ell, John P. Prineas, G. Khitrova, H. M. Gibbs

Published Nov 1, 1999• 33 citations
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DOI
10.1016/s0022-2313(99)00065-4

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