Semiconductor ultraviolet photodetectors

Opto-Electronics Review

Volumn 1996, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 13-30

  Rogalski, Antoni ^a   Razeghi, Manijeh ^b  

^a MILITARY UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

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EID: 3142624749     PISSN: 12303402     EISSN: 18963757     Source Type: Journal    
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