Determination of wurtzite GaN lattice polarity based on surface reconstruction

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 72, Issue 17, 1998, Pages 2114-2116

  Smith, A R ^a   Feenstra, R M ^a   Greve, D W ^b   Shin, M S ^b   Skowronski, M ^b   Neugebauer, J ^c   Northrup, J E ^d  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FRITZ HABER INSTITUT DER MAX PLANCK GESELLSCHAFT   (Germany)

^d PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 0040081289     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.121293     Document Type: Article

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