Investigation of the cleaved surface of a p-i-n laser using Kelvin probe force microscopy and two-dimensional physical simulations

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 76, Issue 20, 2000, Pages 2907-2909

  Robin, F ^a   Jacobs, H ^a,b   Homan, O ^a   Stemmer, A ^a   Bachtold W ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000739081     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.126513     Document Type: Article

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