Direct experimental evidence for unusual effects of hydrogen on the electronic and vibrational properties of GaNxP1−x alloys : a proof for a general property of dilute nitrides

@article{Buyanova2004DirectEE,
  title={Direct experimental evidence for unusual effects of hydrogen on the electronic and vibrational properties of GaNxP1−x alloys : a proof for a general property of dilute nitrides},
  author={Irina A. Buyanova and Morteza Izadifard and Ivan G. Ivanov and Jens Birch and Weimin M. Chen and Marco Felici and Antonio Polimeni and M. Capizzi and Y. G. Hong and Huoping Xin and Charles W. Tu},
  journal={Physical Review B},
  year={2004},
  volume={70},
  pages={245215-245219}
}
Direct experimental evidence for dramatic effects of hydrogen incorporation on the electronic structure and lattice properties of GaNxP1−x alloys is presented. By employing photoluminescence excita ... 
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