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Radiation Effects and Defects in Solids
Incorporating Plasma Science and Plasma Technology
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Electronic excitations, luminescence and lattice defect formation in α-al2O3 crystals

J. Valbis Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Nagoya University, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-01, Japan; Institute of Solid State Physics, Latvian University, Riga, 226063, USSR
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N. Itoh Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Nagoya University, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-01, Japan
Pages 171-189 | Received 10 Sep 1990, Published online: 19 Aug 2006

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P.W.M. Jacob, E.A. Kotomin, A. Stashans & I.A. Tale. (1993) Mechanism of self-trapped hole motion in corundum crystals. Philosophical Magazine B 67:4, pages 557-567.
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