Direct experimental determination of the spontaneous polarization of GaN

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 86, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Lähnemann, Jonas ^a   Brandt, Oliver ^a   Jahn, Uwe ^a   Pfüller, Carsten ^a   Roder, Claudia ^a   Dogan, Pinar ^a   Grosse, Frank ^a   Belabbes, Abderrezak ^b   Bechstedt, Friedhelm ^b   Trampert, Achim ^a   Geelhaar, Lutz ^a  

^a PAUL DRUDE INSTITUT FÜR FESTKÖRPERELEKTRONIK   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

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EID: 84865099857     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.86.081302     Document Type: Article

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