Quantum-dot heterostructure lasers

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 439-451

  Ledentsov, Nikolai N ^a   Grundmann, M ^a   Heinrichsdorff, F ^a   Bimberg, Dieter ^a   Ustinov, V M ^b   Zhukov, A E ^b   Maximov, M V ^b   Alferov, Zh I ^b   Lott, J A ^c  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b IOFFE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c AIR FORCE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY GAP; HETEROJUNCTIONS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

NARROW GAP MATERIAL; QUANTUM DOT HETEROSTRUCTURE LASERS;

QUANTUM WELL LASERS;

EID: 0034187417     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.865099     Document Type: Article

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