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Perspective On Gallium Nitride

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This paper is a historical review (mostly personal) of some major developments in this wide, direct gap material. It includes key technologies of synthesis, electrical and optical properties and many applications.

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  1. Center for Optoelectronic Computing Systems, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, 80309-0425, United States

    Jacques I. Pankove

  2. Center for Optoelectronic Computing Systems, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Solar Energy Research Institute, Golden, CO, 80401, United States

    Jacques I. Pankove

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Pankove, J.I. Perspective On Gallium Nitride. MRS Online Proceedings Library 162, 515–524 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1557/PROC-162-515

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