Multicolor Voltage-Tunable Quantum-Well Infrared Photodetector

IEEE Electron Device Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 1993, Pages 566-568

  Liu, H C ^a   Thompson, J R ^a   Wasilewski, Z R ^a   Buchanan, M ^a   Jianmeng, Li ^b   Simmons, J G ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFRARED DEVICES; INFRARED RADIATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NUMERICAL METHODS;

DETECTOR RESPONSIVITY; MULTIPLE QUANTUM WELL; NONNEGLIGIBLE ELECTRIC FIELDS; SPECTRAL RESPONSE PEAKS; VOLTAGE DIVISION CONTROL;

PHOTOEMISSIVE DEVICES;

EID: 0027848284     PISSN: 07413106     EISSN: 15580563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/55.260791     Document Type: Article

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