Photoreflectance spectroscopy of low-dimensional semiconductor structures

Opto-Electronics Review

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-24

  Misiewicz, J ^a   Sitarek, P ^a   Sek G ^a  

^a WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Low dimensional heterostructures; Photoreflectance; Semiconductor lasers; Transistors

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012462728     PISSN: 12303402     EISSN: 18963757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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