Two-dimensional modeling of pulsed-laser irradiated a-Si and other materials

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 53, Issue 23, 1996, Pages 15863-15870

  Wood, R ^a   Geist, G ^a   Liu, C ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0001448537     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.53.15863     Document Type: Article

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