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In this contribution we review some basic optical properties of semiconductor quantum wells. Emphasize is brought on the excitonic effect which dominates the optical properties of semiconductor nanostructures close to their band edge. Even if a good knowledge of the basic properties of such structures has now been reached, the detailed understanding of the mechanism of excitonic luminescence, for example, is still one of the main issues of the research, in view of the ultimate goal of obtaining efficient devices operating at room temperature.
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Roussignol, P., Voos, M. (1995). Some Optical Properties of Semiconductor Quantum Well Heterostructures. In: Balkanski, M., Yanchev, I. (eds) Fabrication, Properties and Applications of Low-Dimensional Semiconductors. NATO ASI Series, vol 3. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0089-2_17
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