Electroluminescence in undoped GaAs/AlAs superlattice due to avalanche breakdown

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 1: Regular Papers and Short Notes and Review Papers

Volumn 38, Issue 4 B, 1999, Pages 2577-2579

  Domoto, Chiaki ^a   Ohtani, Naoki ^a   Kuroyanagi, Kazuyoshi ^a   Vaccaro, Pablo O ^a   Egami, Norifumi ^a  

^a ADVANCED TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Avalanche breakdown; Electroluminescence; GaAs AlAs superlattice; Hot electrons; Impact ionization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001065681     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/jjap.38.2577     Document Type: Article

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