Improved performances of AlGaAs-GaAs NpnP optical thyristor using bottom mirror layers

Electronics Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 348-350

  Kim, D G ^a   Lee, J J ^a   Choi, Y W ^a   Lee, S ^b   Woo, D H ^b   Kang, B K ^b   Kim, S H ^b  

^a Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; MIRRORS; SEMICONDUCTING ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THYRISTORS;

DEPLETED OPTICAL THYRISTORS (DOT); QUARTER WAVELENGTH REFLECTOR STACKS (QWRS);

INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS;

EID: 0033874953     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:20000274     Document Type: Article

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