Electron-plasmon relaxation in quantum wells with inverted subband occupation

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 73, Issue 15, 1998, Pages 2075-2077

  Kisin, Mikhail V ^a   Stroscio, Michael A ^b   Belenky, Gregory ^a   Luryi, Serge ^a  

^a Stony Brook University   (United States)

^b U S ARMY RESEARCH OFFICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRON RESONANCE; ELECTRON SCATTERING; ELECTRON TUNNELING; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT EMISSION; RELAXATION PROCESSES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

ELECTRON EXCITATION; ELECTRON PLASMON INTERACTION; INTERSUBBAND PLASMON EMISSION; OPTICAL GAIN SPECTRUM; QUANTUM CASCADE LASER;

QUANTUM WELL LASERS;

EID: 0032511677     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.122382     Document Type: Article

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