Investigation of InAs/GaAs quantum-dot infrared photodetector with In0.5Ga0.5P dark current blocking layer

Electronics Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 22, 2002, Pages 1374-1376

  Jiang, Lin ^a   Li, Sheng S ^a   Yeh, Nien Tze ^b   Chyi, Jen Inn ^b   Tidrow, M Z ^c  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Ballistic Missile Defense Organization   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

DARK CURRENTS;

INFRARED DETECTORS;

EID: 0037168140     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:20020904     Document Type: Article

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