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Tutorial Session at Jaszowiec 2019

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Patrick Parkinson

10 Jun 2019

Patrick gave a tutorial session at the Jaszowiec 2019 meeting – the International School and Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors – held in Szczyrk in Poland.

The session covered the use of ultrafast spectroscopy for developing nanotechnology for optoelectronics, and specifically semiconductor nanowires.

A copy of the presentation is available for download here. Download

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