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Optical, magnetic and electronic device materials

Simulating far infrared spectra of Zn1-xMnxSe/GaAs epifilms, MnSe/ZnSe superlattices and predicting impurity modes of N, P defects in Zn1-xMnxSe

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Pages 777-791 | Received 11 Feb 2016, Accepted 06 Aug 2016, Published online: 21 Dec 2016

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