A comparison of spectroscopic and microscopic observations of ion-induced intermixing in InGaAs/InP quantum wells

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 72, Issue 13, 1998, Pages 1599-1601

  Piva, P G ^a   Goldberg, R D ^a   Mitchell, I V ^a   Chen, Huajie ^b   Feenstra, R M ^b   Weatherly, G C ^c   McComb, D W ^c   Aers, G C ^d   Poole, P J ^d   Charbonneau, S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

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EID: 0000424626     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.121185     Document Type: Article

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