The metal-organic chemical vapor deposition growth and properties of InAsSb Mid-infrared (3-6-μm) lasers and LED's

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 739-748

  Biefeld, Robert M ^a   Kurtz, Steven R ^a   Allerman, Andrew A ^a,b,c,d  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d TEXAS INSTRUMENTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HETEROJUNCTIONS; INJECTION LASERS; LASER MODES; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; METALLORGANIC CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; OPTICALLY PUMPED LASERS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SEMICONDUCTOR SUPERLATTICES;

MID INFRARED LASERS; STRAINED LAYER SUPERLATTICES (SLS);

INFRARED DEVICES;

EID: 0031153602     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.640629     Document Type: Article

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