Homogeneous and inhomogeneous contributions to the luminescence linewidth of point defects in amorphous solids: Quantitative assessment based on time-resolved emission spectroscopy

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  D'Amico, Michele ^a,b   Messina, Fabrizio ^a   Cannas, Marco ^a   Leone, Maurizio ^a,b   Boscaino, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

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EID: 46749094203     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.78.014203     Document Type: Article

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