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quantum well
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quantum well [¦kwän·təm ′wel]
(electronics)
A thin layer of material (typically between 1 and 10 nanometers thick) within which the potential energy of an electron is less than outside the layer, so that the motion of the electron perpendicular to the layer is quantized.
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