Compositional evolution of Bi-induced acceptor states in GaAs 1-xBix alloy

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 83, Issue 20, 2011, Pages

  Pettinari, G ^a   Engelkamp, H ^a   Christianen, P C M ^a   Maan, J C ^a   Polimeni, A ^b   Capizzi, M ^b   Lu, X ^c   Tiedje, T ^c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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EID: 79961119300     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.83.201201     Document Type: Article

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