Optical absorption, disorder, and the disorderless limit in amorphous semiconductors

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 72, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1332-1334

  O'Leary, Stephen Karrer ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

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EID: 0000275498     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.120985     Document Type: Article

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