Theoretical analysis of the Auger mechanism in a GaInAsSb infrared photovoltaic detector

Optical Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1754-1762

  Tian, Yuan ^a,b   Zhou, Tianming ^a,c   Zhang, Baolin ^a,b   Jin, Yixin ^a,d,e   Ning, Yongqiang ^a,b,f   Jiang, Hong ^a,b   Yuan, Guang ^a  

^a CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF OPTICS   (China)

^b JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^f Department of Electronic Engineering   (China)

Author keywords

Auger mechanism; Detectivity; GaInAsSb infrared photovoltaic detector

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000473190     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.601795     Document Type: Article

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