InGaAs Surface Cleaning Based on Scanning Focused XPS Technique

Minmin Rong; Yijun Zhang; Shiman Li; Gangcheng Jiao; Weixin Liu; Ziheng Wang; Zhaoxin Shu; Yunsheng Qian

doi:10.3788/AOS202141.0516004

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