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In the years 1970s, the physics of semiconductors went through a profound revolution with the introduction of low-dimensional structures. The standard reference is that of Esaki and Tsu of 1970 [132], who proposed the fabrication of superlattices to realize negative-differential-conductivity devices and Bloch oscillations. Their suggestion of manufacturing new systems by means of epitaxial growth of heterostructures opened up a new field of research that produces new and exciting results still today. From the theoretical point of view, the backbone of the literature has been the review paper by Ando et al. [12].
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Jacoboni, C. (2010). Low-Dimensional Structures. In: Theory of Electron Transport in Semiconductors. Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences, vol 165. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-10586-9_19
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