AlGaAs/GaAs/AlGaAs quantum wells as a sensitive tool for the MOVPE reactor environment

Journal of Crystal Growth

Volumn 312, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 3057-3062

  Dimastrodonato, V ^a   Mereni, L O ^a   Young, R J ^b   Pelucchi, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A1. Purifiers; A3. Metalorganic vapour phase epitaxy; A3. Quantum wells; B2. Arsine; B2. Semiconducting IIIV materials

Indexed keywords

A1. PURIFIERS; A3. METALORGANIC VAPOUR PHASE EPITAXY; B2. ARSINE; QUANTUM WELL; SEMI CONDUCTING III-V MATERIALS;

EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; GALLIUM ALLOYS; GALLIUM ARSENIDE; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; MOLECULAR BEAMS; PURIFICATION; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM; SEMICONDUCTOR GROWTH;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

EID: 77956870597     PISSN: 00220248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2010.07.021     Document Type: Article

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