Light emission from rare-earth doped silicon nanostructures

Advances in Optical Technologies

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Li, J ^a   Zalloum, O H Y ^a   Roschuk, T ^a   Heng, C L ^a   Wojcik, J ^a   Mascher, P ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 79960579755     PISSN: 16876393     EISSN: 16876407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2008/295601     Document Type: Article

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