Proton Displacement Damage in Light-Emitting and Laser Diodes

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1713-1720

  Johnston, Allan H ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Laser diodes; light emitting diodes (LEDs); opto electronic devices; radiation effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008054289     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: 15581578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.960362     Document Type: Article

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