Arrangement of nitrogen atoms in GaAsN alloys determined by scanning tunneling microscopy

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 82-84

  McKay, H A ^a   Feenstra, R M ^a   Schmidtling, T ^b   Pohl, U W ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

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EID: 0000658160     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1337625     Document Type: Article

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