First observation of symmetry breaking i
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Oliver Stier; Volker TΓΌrck; Michael Kappelt; Dieter Bimberg
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Article
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1998
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Elsevier Science
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English
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Quenching of ground-state luminescence is observed for strained InGaAs/InP V-groove quantum wires. This is the first experimental evidence for geometrical symmetry breaking of the lowest valence-band states due to pseudomorphic strain, which was previously predicted by us. There is good agreement be