Observation of suppressed radiative recombination in single quantum well p-i-n photodiodes

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 6240-6246

  Nelson, Jenny ^a   Barnes, Jenny ^a   Ekins Daukes, Nicholas ^a   Kluftinger, Benjamin ^a   Tsui, Ernest ^a   Barnham, Keith ^a   Foxon, C Tom ^b   Cheng, Tin ^b   Roberts, John S ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; ELECTROLUMINESCENCE; FERMI LEVEL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTODIODES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SUBSTRATES; SURFACES;

ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT; RADIATIVE CURRENTS; SUPPRESSED RADIATIVE RECOMBINATION;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

EID: 0031361693     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.366510     Document Type: Article

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