Picosecond time-resolved photoluminescence at detection wavelengths greater than 1500 nm

Optics Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 731-733

  Smith, Jason M ^a   Hiskett, Philip A ^a   Buller, Gerald S ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPECTRAL WINDOW;

HETEROJUNCTIONS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHOTONS; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

PHOTOLUMINESCENCE;

EID: 0000436960     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.26.000731     Document Type: Article

References (10)

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9. 2) with the sum of the quantum well widths (60 x 10 nm), and the objective lens has a numerical aperture of 0.4, giving an optical collection efficiency of ∼0.3%.
10. For a full treatment, See Ref. 7.