Light-induced nuclear quadrupolar relaxation in semiconductors

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 24, 2008, Pages

  Paget, D ^a   Amand, T ^b   Korb, J P ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE PHYSIQUE DE LA MATIÈRE CONDENSÉE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

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EID: 44949085354     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.77.245201     Document Type: Article

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