Thermally stimulated tunneling in rare-earth-doped oxyorthosilicates

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 19, 2008, Pages

  Vedda, A ^a   Nikl, M ^a,b   Fasoli, M ^a   Mihokova, E ^b   Pejchal, J ^b   Dusek, M ^b   Ren, G ^c   Stanek, C R ^d   McClellan, K J ^d   Byler, D D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^c SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF CERAMICS   (China)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 57249105603     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.78.195123     Document Type: Article

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