The effect of interdiffusion on the intersubband optical properties in a modulation-doped quantum-well structure

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1155-1161

  Li, E Herbert ^a,b,c  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Infrared detectors; Modulation doping; Nonlinear optics; Quantum well interdiffusion; Quantum well intermixing

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTODETECTORS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

INTERDIFFUSION; INTERSUBBAND ABSORPTIONS; MODULATION DOPING;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

EID: 0032121699     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.687858     Document Type: Article

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