The influence of interface traps on the performance of a photovoltaic InSb infrared detector

CHEN Xiao-Dong; YANG Cui; LIU Peng; SHAO Xiao-Peng; ZHANG Xiao-Lei; LYU Yan-Qiu

doi:10.11972/j.issn.1001-9014.2018.02.011

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