Origin of giant photocontraction in obliquely deposited amorphous Ge x Se1-x thin films and the intermediate phase

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 21, 2008, Pages

  Jin, Mingji ^a   Chen, Ping ^a   Boolchand, P ^a   Rajagopalan, T ^b   Chopra, K L ^b   Starbova, K ^c   Starbov, N ^c  

^a University of Cincinnati   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^c CENTRAL LABORATORY OF PHOTOPROCESSES   (Bulgaria)

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EID: 57649085624     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.78.214201     Document Type: Article

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