Design of a Tunable GaAs/AlGaAs Multiple-Quantum-Well Resonant-Cavity Photodetector

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 108-114

  Lai, Kafai ^a   Campbell, Joe C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVITY RESONATORS; CROSSTALK; FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTING ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; TUNING;

DUAL CHANNEL WAVELENGTH DIVISION DEMULTIPLEXER; GALLIUM ARSENIDE/ALUMINUM GALLIUM ARSENIDE; MULTIPLE QUANTUM WELLS; QUANTUM CONFINED STARK EFFECT; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; RESONANT CAVITY; TUNABILITY; WAVELENGTH SELECTIVITY;

PHOTODETECTORS;

EID: 0028192860     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: 15581713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.272067     Document Type: Article

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