Characterizing composition modulations in inas/alas short-period superlattices

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 60, Issue 19, 1999, Pages 13619-13635

  Twesten, R D ^a   Follstaedt, D M ^b   Lee, S R ^b   Jones, E D ^b   Reno, J L ^b   Millunchick, J M ^c   Norman, A G ^d   Ahrenkiel, S P ^d   Mascarenhas, A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0001307154     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.60.13619     Document Type: Article

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