Infrared absorption in amorphous silicon from ab initio molecular dynamics

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 71, Issue 18, 1997, Pages 2692-2694

  Debernardi, Alberto ^a   Bernasconi, Marco ^a,b   Cardona, Manuel ^a   Parrinello, Michele ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR FESTKÖRPERFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

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EID: 0001318309     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.120188     Document Type: Article

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