superlattice
Sign in to saveA superlattice is a periodic structure of layers of two (or more) materials. Typically, the thickness of one layer is several nanometers. It can also refer to a lower-dimensional structure such as an array of quantum dots or quantum wells.
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Encyclopedic overview
16 sectionsContents
- Discovery
- Mechanical properties
- Semiconductor properties
- Semiconductor superlattice types
- Semiconductor materials
- Production
- Miniband structure
- Bloch states
- Wannier functions
- Wannier–Stark ladder
- Transport
- Other dimensionalities
- Applications
- See also
- References
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A superlattice is a periodic structure of layers of two (or more) materials. Typically, the thickness of one layer is several nanometers. It can also refer to a lower-dimensional structure such as an array of quantum dots or quantum wells.
== Discovery ==
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