Different transfer paths for thermally activated electrons and holes in self-organized Ge/Si(001) islands in a multilayer structure

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 78, Issue 14, 2001, Pages 2006-2008

  Huang, C J ^a   Tang, Y ^a   Li, D Z ^a   Cheng, B W ^a   Luo, L P ^a   Yu, J Z ^a   Wang, Q M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SEMICONDUCTORS   (China)

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EID: 0035794384     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1360783     Document Type: Article

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