Photocarrier Escape Time in Quantum-Well Light-Absorbing Devices: Effects of Electric Field and Well Parameters

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1653-1660

  Nikolaev, Valentin V ^a   Avrutin, Eugene A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Optoelectronic devices; Quantum wells (QWs); Saturable absorbers

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CARRIER MOBILITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRON EMISSION; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRON TUNNELING; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PROBABILITY; QUANTUM THEORY; THERMIONIC EMISSION;

PHOTOCARRIERS; SATURABLE LIGHT ABSORBERS; WAVE FUNCTIONS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

EID: 0347447272     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2003.819527     Document Type: Article

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