Emerging Gallium Nitride Based Devices

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 83, Issue 10, 1995, Pages 1306-1355

  Mohammad, S N ^a   Salvador, Arnel A ^a   Morkoç, Hadis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL STORAGE; HETEROJUNCTION BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; INJECTION LASERS; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; MESFET DEVICES; OHMIC CONTACTS; OPTICALLY PUMPED LASERS; PHOTODETECTORS; SEMICONDUCTING ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING;

ALUMINUM NITRIDE; GALLIUM NITRIDE; MECHANICAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; ULTRAVIOLET WAVELENGTH;

SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0029388336     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: 1558254X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/5.469300     Document Type: Article

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