Avalanche multiplication due to impact ionization in quantum-well infrared photodetectors: A quantitative approach

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 82, Issue 17, 2003, Pages 2907-2909

  Rehm, Robert ^a   Schneider, Harald ^a   Walther, Martin ^a   Koidl, Peter ^a   Weimann, Günter ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SOLID STATE PHYSICS IAF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAIN MEASUREMENT; INFRARED DETECTORS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

AVALANCHE MULTIPLICATION;

IMPACT IONIZATION;

EID: 0038025411     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1570927     Document Type: Article

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