Subband structure in ultra-thin silicon films
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V. A. Sverdlov, O. Baumgartner, S. Tyaginov, Th. Windbacher and S. Selberherr 1 Institute for Microelectronics, TU Wien, Gußhausstraße 27-29, A-1040 Wien, Austria 2 V. A. Fock Institute of Physics, Universitu of St Petersburg, Ulyanovskaya 1, 198904 Petrodvorets, St Petersburg, Russia 3 Christian Doppler Laboratory for TCAD at the Institute for Microelectronics,TU Wien, Gußhausstraße 27-29, A-1040 Wien, Austria 4 Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute, St Petersburg, Russia
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