Structural and optical properties of strain-relaxed InAsP/InP heterostructures grown by metalorganic vapor phase epitaxy on InP(001) using tertiarybutylarsine

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 846-852

  Desjardins, P ^a   Beaudoin, M ^a,b   Leonelli, R ^a   L'Esperance G ^a   Masut, R A ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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EID: 0039368903     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.362921     Document Type: Article

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