Wide Bandgap Semiconductors Kiyoshi Takahashi, Akihiko Yoshikawa and Adarsh Sandhu (Eds.) Wide Bandgap Semiconductors Fundamental Properties and Modern Photonic and Electronic Devices With 394 Figures and 36 Tables 123 Editors Associate Editors Kiyoshi Takahashi Yoshihiro Ishitani Professor Emeritus Associate Professor Tokyo Institute of Technology Chiba University Chairman (1996 – 2005) The 162nd Committee on Wide Bandgap Yoichi Kawakami Semiconductor Photonic Associate Professor and Electronic Devices Kyoto University Japan Society for the Promotion of Science e-mail:
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