Charge collection in GaAs MESFETs and MODFETs

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1991, Pages 1370-1376

  Srinivas, V ^c   Chen, Y J ^c   McMorrow, D ^b  

^a LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ION BEAMS; LASER PULSES; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE;

CHARGE COLLECTION; MODFET TECHNOLOGY;

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES, MESFET;

EID: 0026388820     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: 15581578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.124119     Document Type: Article

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