Nonlinear quenching of densely excited states in wide-gap solids

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 87, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Grim, Joel Q ^a   Ucer, K B ^a   Burger, A ^b   Bhattacharya, P ^b   Tupitsyn, E ^b   Rowe, E ^b   Buliga, V M ^b   Trefilova, L ^c   Gektin, A ^c   Bizarri, G A ^d   Moses, W W ^d   Williams, R T ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FISK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE FOR SCINTILLATION MATERIALS   (Ukraine)

^d LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 84875320844     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.87.125117     Document Type: Article

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