Influence of quantum capture and tunneling mechanisms on the dark current of bound-to-continumm quantum-well infrared photodetectors

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1262-1264

  Chu, C H ^a   Hung, C I ^a   Wang, Y H ^a   Houng, M P ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dark current; Field induced mixing effect; Quantum capture; Quantum escape; QWIP's; Tunneling

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE SCATTERING; ELECTRON TUNNELING; FERMI LEVEL; LOW TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; PHONONS; QUANTUM OPTICS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

DARK CURRENT; FIELD INDUCED MIXING EFFECT; QUANTUM CAPTURE; QUANTUM ESCAPE;

INFRARED DETECTORS;

EID: 0031234157     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.618498     Document Type: Article

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