Currents in narrow-gap photodiodes

Semiconductor Science and Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1124-1131

  Gumenjuk Sichevskaya, J V ^a   Sizov, F F ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SEMICONDUCTOR PHYSICS   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ENERGY GAP; THERMAL EFFECTS;

TRAP-ASSISTED TUNNELLING (TAT);

PHOTODIODES;

EID: 0033337169     PISSN: 02681242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0268-1242/14/12/320     Document Type: Article

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