DOI: 10.1038/nphys151. High-efficiency carrier multiplication through direct photogeneration of multi-excitons via virtual single-exciton states

High-efficiency carrier multiplication through direct photogeneration of multi-excitons via virtual single-exciton states

10.1038/nphys151

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Authors 3

Richard D. Schaller (first)
Vladimir M. Agranovich (additional)
Victor I. Klimov (additional)

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