Subject Areas : Journal of Optoelectronical Nanostructures

Homa hashemi madani ¹ , Mohammad Reza Shayesteh ² , Mohammad Reza Moslemi ³

1 - Department of Electrical Engineering, Yazd Branch, Islamic Azad University, Yazd, Iran
2 - Department of Electrical Engineering, Yazd Branch, Islamic Azad University, Yazd, Iran
3 - Department of Electrical Engineering, Zarghan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Zarghan, Iran.

Received: 2020-08-03 Accepted : 2021-04-03 Published : 2021-01-01

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