Using superlattice ordering to reduce the band gap of random (In,Ga)As/InP alloys to a target value via the inverse band structure approach

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 16, 2008, Pages

  Piquini, Paulo ^a,b   Zunger, Alex ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

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EID: 55149113994     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.78.161302     Document Type: Article

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