Structural study of InAs quantum boxes grown by molecular beam epitaxy on a (001) GaAs-on-Si substrate

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 70, Issue 18, 1997, Pages 2398-2400

  Lacombe, D ^a   Ponchet, A ^a   Gerard J M ^b   Cabrol, O ^b  

^a CEMES CNRS   (France)

^b ORANGE LABS   (France)

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EID: 0037495896     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.118863     Document Type: Article

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