Direct observation of spin-orbit splitting and phonon-assisted optical transitions in the valence band by internal photoemission spectroscopy

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 88, Issue 20, 2013, Pages

  Lao, Yan Feng ^a   Perera, A G Unil ^a   Li, L H ^b   Khanna, S P ^b   Linfield, E H ^b   Liu, H C ^c  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84887582203     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.88.201302     Document Type: Article

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