Lateral composition modulation in AlAs/InAs short period superlattices grown on InP(001)

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1402-1404

  Millunchick, J Mirecki ^a   Twesten, R D ^a   Follstaedt, D M ^a   Lee, S R ^a   Jones, E D ^a   Zhang, Yong ^b   Ahrenkiel, S P ^b   Mascarenhas, A ^b  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0001669524     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.118589     Document Type: Article

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