Direct-bandgap properties and evidence for ultraviolet lasing of hexagonal boron nitride single crystal

Nature Materials

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 404-409

  Watanabe, Kenji ^a   Taniguchi, Takashi ^a   Kanda, Hisao ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CRYSTAL GROWTH; CUBIC BORON NITRIDE; LASER APPLICATIONS; LUMINESCENCE; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PHOTOCATALYSIS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; STERILIZATION (CLEANING); SURGERY; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; ULTRAVIOLET DEVICES;

ABSORPTION SPECTRA; BANDGAP ENERGY; HEXAGONAL BORON NITRIDE (HBN); ULTRAVIOLET LASER DEVICES;

SINGLE CRYSTALS;

EID: 2942513238     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat1134     Document Type: Article

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