Optical and electrical properties of Sb-doped β-Ga2O3 crystals grown by OFZ method

Baizhong Li; Pengkun Li; Lu Zhang; Ruifeng Tian; Qinglin Sai; Mingyan Pan; Bin Wang; Duanyang Chen; Youchen Liu; Changtai Xia; Hongji Qi

doi:10.3788/COL202321.041605

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