Far-infrared stimulated emission tunable by modulation of acoustic phonon scattering in quantum dot structures

Semiconductor Science and Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 700-703

  Lyanda Geller, Y ^a   Leburton, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE REFLECTION; ACOUSTIC WAVE SCATTERING; CHARGE CARRIERS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; PHONONS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES; STIMULATED EMISSION;

BRAGG REFLECTION; WANNIER-STARK LOCALIZATION;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 0034225424     PISSN: 02681242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0268-1242/15/7/308     Document Type: Article

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