X-ray diffraction topography and etched surface morphology of CdZnTe single crystals

SUN Shi-Wen; SUI Song-Yin; HE Li; WEI Yan-Feng; ZHOU Chang-He; YU Hui-Xian; XU Chao

doi:10.11972/j.issn.1001-9014.2015.03.007

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