Electroabsorption Enhancement in Tensile Strained Quantum Wells via Absorption Edge Merging

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1992, Pages 1496-1507

  Gomatam, Badri N ^a   Anderson, Neal G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEMICONDUCTING ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM COMPOUNDS;

ELECTROABSORPTION; QUANTUM WELLS;

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES;

EID: 0026882046     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: 15581713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.135302     Document Type: Article

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