Electromagnetic modeling of quantum-well photodetectors containing diffractive elements

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1870-1877

  Yan, Lubin ^a,b,c,e,f   Jiang, Mingming ^a,c,e,g   Tamir, Theodor ^{a,c,h,i,j,k,l,m}   Choi, Kwong Kit ^d,n,o,p  

^a IEEE

^b CHINA ACADEMY OF SPACE TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f Shanxi Radio Company   (China)

^g SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^h TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

ⁱ Polytechnic University   (United States)

^j Israel Institute of Technology ^*  (United States)

^k Electrical Engineering Department

^l Institution of Electrical Engineers   (United Kingdom)

^m OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^o YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^p PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

QUANTUM-WELL PHOTODETECTORS;

BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

INFRARED DETECTORS;

EID: 0033337923     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.806601     Document Type: Article

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