Green photoluminescence from Er-containing amorphous SiN thin films

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 72, Issue 24, 1998, Pages 3127-3129

  Zanatta, A R ^a   Nunes, L A O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

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EID: 0001660705     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.121568     Document Type: Article

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