Photoluminescence and electrical characteristics of arsenic-doped HgCdTe

ZHANG Xiao-Hua; CHEN Lu; LIN Tie; HE Li; GUO Shao-Ling; CHU Jun-Hao

doi:10.3724/sp.j.1010.2012.00407

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