Alloying induced degradation of the absorption edge of in As xSb1-x

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 90, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Bansal, Bhavtosh ^a   Dixit, V K ^a   Venkataraman, V ^a   Bhat, H L ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ALLOYING; DEGRADATION; ENERGY GAP;

ABSORPTION EDGE; ALLOYING INDUCED DEGRADATION; SYSTEMATIC DEGRADATION;

INDIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 33947143127     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2711388     Document Type: Article

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