Silicon carbide light-emitting diode as a prospective room temperature source for single photons

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Fuchs, F ^a   Soltamov, V A ^b   Vath S ^a   Baranov, P G ^b   Mokhov, E N ^b   Astakhov, G V ^a   Dyakonov, V ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b IOFFE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c BAVARIAN CENTER FOR APPLIED ENERGY RESEARCH ZAE BAYERN   (Germany)

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EID: 84883825006     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep01637     Document Type: Article

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