Novel piezoelectric-barrier heterostructure for all-optical light modulation

Microelectronics Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 8-10, 1997, Pages 1057-1061

  Pelekanos, N T ^a   Mula, Guido ^a,b   Magnea, N ^a   Pautrat, J L ^a  

^a CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

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EID: 0345145631     PISSN: 00262692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0026-2692(96)00149-8     Document Type: Article

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