Fourier transform infrared Raman spectroscopy for probing semiconductor substrates beneath epitaxial films

Wei WANG; Xi-Ren CHEN; Deng-Guang YU; Jun SHAO

doi:10.11972/j.issn.1001-9014.2021.01.009

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