Growth, optical, and optoelectronic properties of CdZnTe/ZnTe Multiple quantum wells

Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1992, Pages 477-505

  Feldman, R D ^a   Lee, D ^a   Partovi, A ^a   Stanley, R P ^a   Johnson, A M ^a   Zucker, J E ^a   Glass, A M ^a   Hegarty, J ^a  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cd1 xZnxTe; II VI semiconductors; molecular beam epitaxy; optoelectronic properties; quantum wells

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005102156     PISSN: 10408436     EISSN: 15476561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408439208243754     Document Type: Article

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