Hybrid functional calculation of electronic structure of InAs/GaSb superlattice in (111) orientation

YAO Lu-Chi; ZHOU Xiao-Hao; CHEN Xiao-Shuang

doi:10.11972/j.issn.1001-9014.2016.06.002

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