Ge-on-Si for Si-based integrated materials and photonic devices

Weixuan HU; Buwen CHENG; Chunlai XUE; Shaojian SU; Haiyun XUE; Yuhua ZUO; Qiming WANG

doi:10.1007/s12200-012-0200-2

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