Effect of hydrostatic pressure on the fragmented conduction band structure of dilute Ga(AsN) alloys

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2005, Pages

  Endicott, J ^a   Patane A ^a   Maude, D ^b   Eaves, L ^a   Hopkinson, M ^c   Hill, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b GRENOBLE HIGH MAGNETIC FIELD LABORATORY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 27344448275     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.72.041306     Document Type: Article

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