Ultraviolet stimulated emission due to biexciton decay process in ZnS-based quantum wells

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1429-1431

  Yamada, Yoichi ^a   Yoshimura, Kazumasa ^a   Fujita, Shin Ichi ^a   Taguchi, Tsunemasa ^a   Sasaki, Fumio ^b   Kobayashi, Shunsuke ^b   Tani, Toshiro ^b  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ELECTROTECHNICAL LABORATORY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; EXCIMER LASERS; EXCITONS; LIGHT EMISSION; METALLORGANIC CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SEMICONDUCTING ZINC COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES; SPECTROSCOPY;

LOW PRESSURE METALLORGANIC CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC GENERATION AMPLIFICATION; SYNCHROSCAN STREAK CAMERA; TIME RESOLVED LUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET STIMULATED EMISSION;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

EID: 0031102267     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.118597     Document Type: Article

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