Semiconductor quantum-dot nanostructures: their application in a new class of infrared photodetectors

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 408-421

  Towe, Elias ^a   Pan, Dong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; INFRARED DETECTORS; INFRARED RADIATION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; QUANTUM THEORY; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

INTERSUBLEVEL INFRARED PHOTODETECTORS; NORMAL INCIDENCE DETECTORS; QUANTUM DOT NANOSTRUCTURES; SELF ASSEMBLED DOTS; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOSTRUCTURES; ZERO DIMENSIONAL SPACE;

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES;

EID: 0034187990     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.865096     Document Type: Article

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