Effect of Van Hove singularities on the photovoltage spectra of semiconductors

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 66, Issue 16, 2002, Pages 1652141-1652145

  Shalish, Ilan ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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ARSENIC; GALLIUM; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ENERGY TRANSFER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; PHOTON; SEMICONDUCTOR; SPECTRUM;

EID: 0037110009     PISSN: 01631829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.66.165214     Document Type: Article

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