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Bloch oscillations and Wannier—Stark localization in semiconductor superlattices

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Theory of Transport Properties of Semiconductor Nanostructures

Part of the book series: Electronic Materials Series ((EMAT,volume 4))

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Ever since the initial applications of quantum mechanics to the dynamics of electrons in solids, the analysis of Bloch electrons moving in a homogeneous electric field has been of central importance.

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Rossi, F. (1998). Bloch oscillations and Wannier—Stark localization in semiconductor superlattices. In: Schöll, E. (eds) Theory of Transport Properties of Semiconductor Nanostructures. Electronic Materials Series, vol 4. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5807-1_9

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