Subject Areas : Journal of Optoelectronical Nanostructures

Mohsen Vaezzadeh asadi ¹ (Marvdasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht, Iran)
Ghahraman Solookinejad ² (Department of physics, Nanotechnology Research Center, Marvdasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, marvdasht, Iran)
Heydar Izadneshan ³ (Department of physics, Marvdasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, marvdasht, Iran)

Received: 2021-08-14 Accepted : 2021-11-30 Published : 2021-10-01

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