Effects of thermally grown native oxides on the luminescence properties of compound semiconductors

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 946-948

  Islam, M R ^a   Dupuis, R D ^a   Curtis, A P ^b   Stillman, G E ^b  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 0042624643     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.116952     Document Type: Article

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