Photothermal deflection studies of GaAs epitaxial layers

Applied Optics

Volumn 41, Issue 24, 2002, Pages 5179-5184

  George, Nibu A ^a,b   Vallabhan, Anton ^a   Nampoori, V P N ^a   Radhakrishnan, P ^a  

^a Department of Physics   (India)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMPURITIES; LIGHT PROPAGATION; LIGHT REFRACTION; SUBSTRATES; THERMAL DIFFUSION;

PHOTOTHERMAL DEFLECTION (PTD);

GALLIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0037143959     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.41.005179     Document Type: Article

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