Distorted wurtzite unit cells: Determination of lattice parameters of nonpolar a-plane AlGaN and estimation of solid phase Al content

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Laskar, Masihhur R ^a   Ganguli, Tapas ^b   Rahman, A A ^a   Mukherjee, Amlan ^a   Hatui, Nirupam ^a   Gokhale, M R ^a   Bhattacharya, Arnab ^a  

^a TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b RAJA RAMANNA CENTRE FOR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A-PLANE; AL CONTENT; ALGAN; ANISOTROPIC STRAIN; APPROXIMATE EXPRESSIONS; HIGH RESOLUTION X RAY DIFFRACTION; IN-PLANE STRAINS; LATTICE DISTORTIONS; LATTICE PARAMETERS; M-PLANE; NON-POLAR; NONPOLAR GROUPS; SOLID-PHASE; THERMAL MISMATCH; UNIT CELLS; WURTZITES;

ANISOTROPY; LATTICE CONSTANTS; NITRIDES; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC SULFIDE;

LATTICE MISMATCH;

EID: 78751523551     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3525602     Document Type: Article

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