Intersubband optical absorption in strained double barrier quantum well infrared photodetectors

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 83-88

  Shi, Jun Jie ^a   Goldys, Ewa M ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Infrared photodectors; Optical absorption; Strained quantum well

Indexed keywords

INTERSUBBAND OPTICAL ABSORPTION;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ELASTICITY; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; INFRARED DETECTORS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MATRIX ALGEBRA; SEMICONDUCTING ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM GALLIUM ARSENIDE; STRAIN;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

EID: 0032740281     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/16.737445     Document Type: Article

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