Midinfrared photoconductivity of Ge/Si self-assembled quantum dots

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 77, Issue 20, 2000, Pages 3224-3226

  Rappaport, N ^a   Finkman, E ^a   Brunhes, T ^b   Boucaud, P ^b   Sauvage, S ^b   Yam, N ^b   Le Thanh, V ^b   Bouchier, D ^b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

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EID: 0000465642     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1326044     Document Type: Article

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