Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, Volume. 39, Issue 6, 690(2020)

The ‘swallow-tailed defect’ in MBE HgCdTe film

Jin YANG, Jin-Cheng KONG*, Jian-Yun YU, Yan-Hui LI, Chun-Zhang YANG, Gang QIN, Dong-Sheng LI, Wen LEI, Jun ZHAO, and Rong-Bin JI
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  • Kunming Institute of Physics, Kunming650223, China
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    Jin YANG, Jin-Cheng KONG, Jian-Yun YU, Yan-Hui LI, Chun-Zhang YANG, Gang QIN, Dong-Sheng LI, Wen LEI, Jun ZHAO, Rong-Bin JI. The ‘swallow-tailed defect’ in MBE HgCdTe film[J]. Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 2020, 39(6): 690

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    Paper Information

    Category: Materials and Devices

    Received: Mar. 12, 2020

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Jan. 20, 2021

    The Author Email: Jin-Cheng KONG (kongjincheng@163.com)

    DOI:10.11972/j.issn.1001-9014.2020.06.005

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