Origin of the significantly enhanced optical transitions in layered boron nitride

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 86, Issue 15, 2012, Pages

  Huang, Bing ^a   Cao, X K ^b   Jiang, H X ^b   Lin, J Y ^b   Wei, Su Huai ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

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EID: 84867034492     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.86.155202     Document Type: Article

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