Direct gap in ordered silicon carbon alloys

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 75, Issue 20, 1999, Pages 3153-3155

  Krishnamurthy, Srinivasan ^a   Berding, M A ^a   Sher, A ^a   Van Schilfgaarde, Mark ^b   Chen, A B ^c  

^a SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001284438     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.125261     Document Type: Article

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