The infrared optical and mechanical properties of germanium carbide films prepared by ion beam sputtering

SUN Peng; HU Ming; ZHANG Feng; JI Yi-Qin; LIU Hua-Song; LIU Dan-Dan; LENG Jian; YANG Ming; LI Yu

doi:10.11972/j.issn.1001-9014.2016.02.002

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