Structural and optical properties of Cu-doped CdTe films with hexagonal phase grown by pulsed laser deposition

AIP Advances

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  De Moure Flores, F ^a   Quinones Galvan J G ^a   Guillen Cervantes A ^a   Santoyo Salazar, J ^a   Hernandez Hernandez A ^a   De La L Olvera, M ^a   Zapata Torres, M ^b   Melendez Lira M ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM TELLURIDE; COPPER; COPPER METALLOGRAPHY; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; METALLIC FILMS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; PULSED LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILMS;

CORNING GLASS; CU FILMS; CU-DOPING; EDS ANALYSIS; HEXAGONAL PHASE; P TYPE CONDUCTIVITY; STRUCTURAL AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SUBSTRATE TEMPERATURE;

COPPER COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84871202262     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21583226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4721275     Document Type: Article

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