Student explorations of quantum effects in leds and luminescent devices

Physics Teacher

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 173-179

  Escalada, Lawrence T ^a   Rebello, Sanjay ^b   Zollman, Dean A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

01.40Ga; 01.50H; 85.30

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006386658     PISSN: 0031921X     EISSN: 19434928     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.1664385     Document Type: Article

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