Stress-induced alignment of NL8 thermal donors in silicon: Energetics and kinetics

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1109-1115

  Trombetta, J M ^a,c   Watkins, G D ^a   Hage, J ^b   Wagner, P ^b  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SILTRONIC AG   (Germany)

^c TEXAS INSTRUMENTS   (United States)

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EID: 0001156458     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.363854     Document Type: Article

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