Recent advances in mid-infrared (3-6 μm) emitters

Materials Science and Engineering B

Volumn 51, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 1-8

  Biefeld, R M ^a   Allerman, A A ^a   Kurtz, S R ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimonide materials; InAsSb; Infrared; Light emitting diodes; Metal organic chemical vapor deposition; Mid infrared laser

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON SOURCES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; INFRARED RADIATION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; METALLORGANIC CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; OPTICAL PUMPING; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SEMICONDUCTOR SUPERLATTICES;

MID INFRARED EMITTERS;

INJECTION LASERS;

EID: 0031997689     PISSN: 09215107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-5107(97)00218-3     Document Type: Article

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