Thermal conductivity measurement of InGaAs/InGaAsP superlattice thin films

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 51, Issue 23, 2006, Pages 2931-2936

  Chen, Zhen ^a   Yang, Juekuan ^a   Zhuang, Ping ^a   Chen, Minhua ^a   Zhu, Jian ^b   Chen, Yunfei ^c  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY GROUP CORPORATION   (China)

^c Southeast University   (China)

Author keywords

3 method; Superlattice; Thermal conductivity; Thin film

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845652131     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-006-2208-8     Document Type: Article

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