Effects of proton irradiation on luminescence emission and carrier dynamics of self-assembled III-V quantum dots

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 49 I, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 2844-2851

  Leon, R ^a   Marcinkevicius S ^b   Siegert, J ^b   Cechavicius B ^c   Magness, B ^d   Taylor, W ^d   Lobo, C ^e  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c CENTER FOR PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Lithuania)

^d CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carrier dynamics; Compound semiconductors; Displacement damage; Photoluminescence; Stranski Krastanow quantum dots

Indexed keywords

PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PROTON IRRADIATION; SELF ASSEMBLY; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

CARRIER DYNAMICS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 0036956110     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2002.806018     Document Type: Conference Paper

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