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Materials Science and Engineering B

Pump-probe investigations of THz transitions in Si/Si:Er3+ nanolayers

Salvatore Minissale, N. Q. Vinh, T. Gregorkiewicz

Published Aug 14, 2007• 0 citations
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10.1016/j.mseb.2007.07.034

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