GaAs:N vs GaAs:B alloys: Symmetry-induced effects

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 64, Issue 16, 2001, Pages

  Szwacki, N Gonzalez ^a   Boguslawski P ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Poland)

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EID: 85038886261     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.64.161201     Document Type: Article

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