Ultraviolet and blue photoluminescence from sputter deposited Ge nanocrystals embedded in SiO2 matrix
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Ge nanocrystals embedded in SiO2 matrix P. K. Giri, S. Bhattacharyya, Satchi Kumari, Kaustuv Das, S. K. Ray, B. K. Panigrahi, and K. G. M. Nair Department of Physics and Centre for Nanotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati 781039, India Department of Physics and Meteorology, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur 721302, India Materials Science Division, Indira Gandhi Center for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam 603102, India
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