Stimulated emission in nanocrystalline silicon superlattices

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 83, Issue 26, 2003, Pages 5479-5481

  Ruan, J ^a,c   Fauchet, P M ^a   Dal Negro, L ^b,d   Cazzanelli, M ^b   Pavesi, L ^b  

^a University of Rochester   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^d Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL GAINS; SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY;

AMORPHOUS SILICON; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT LOSSES; MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPTICAL PUMPING; PLASMA ENHANCED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; WAVEGUIDES;

SUPERLATTICES;

EID: 0942266948     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1637720     Document Type: Article

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