Divacancy defects in germanium studied using deep-level transient spectroscopy

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Christian Petersen, M ^a   Nylandsted Larsen, A ^a   Mesli, A ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

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EID: 77957666790     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.82.075203     Document Type: Article

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