Staggered to straddling band lineups in InAs/Al(As, Sb)

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 74, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1135-1137

  Bhargava, S ^a   Blank, H R ^a   Hall, E ^a   Chin, M A ^a   Kroemer, H ^a   Narayanamurti, V ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

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EID: 0007269175     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.123466     Document Type: Article

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