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The Evolution of Semiconductor Superlattices and Other Quantum Structures

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Science and Technology of Mesoscopic Structures

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Following the past two decades’ evolutionary path in the interdisciplinary research of semiconductor superlattices and quantum wells, significant milestones are presented, with emphasis on electric field-induced effects in the frontier of semiconductor physics associated with technological advances.

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  1. Leo Esaki

    Present address: University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305, Japan

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  1. IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, 10598, USA

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  1. 536 Aba-machi, 851-01, Nagasaki, Japan

    Susumu Namba (Professor Emeritus of Osaka University, Professor of Nagasaki Institute of Applied Science) (Professor Emeritus of Osaka University, Professor of Nagasaki Institute of Applied Science)

  2. Department of Electronic Engineering, Osaka University, Yamadaoka 2-1, Suita City, Osaka, 565, Japan

    Chihiro Hamaguchi (Professor) (Professor)

  3. Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo, 7-22-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 106, Japan

    Tsuneya Ando (Professor) (Professor)

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Esaki, L. (1992). The Evolution of Semiconductor Superlattices and Other Quantum Structures. In: Namba, S., Hamaguchi, C., Ando, T. (eds) Science and Technology of Mesoscopic Structures. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-66922-7_1

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