Strong Influence of Temperature and Vacuum on the Photoluminescence of In0.3Ga0.7As Buried and Surface Quantum Dots

Guodong WANG; Huiqiang JI; Junling SHEN; Yonghao XU; Xiaolian LIU; Ziyi FU

doi:10.1007/s13320-018-0475-z

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