Band structure and absorption properties of GaAs1-x Nx/InAs1-y Ny short period superlattices strained to InP (001)

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 2007, Pages

  Bhusal, L ^a   Freundlich, A ^a  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

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EID: 33846964102     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.75.075321     Document Type: Article

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