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The authors would like to thank their collaborators, A. Javey, H. Dai, S. Datta, M. Alam, M. P. Anantram, S. Hasan, S. Koswatta, N. Neophytou, Y. Yoon, and Y. Ouyang, who contributed to the work described here.

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