Vacuum-field Rabi splitting in quantum-well infrared photodetectors

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 24, 2003, Pages

  Dupont, E ^a   Liu, H C ^a   SpringThorpe, A J ^a   Lai, W ^a   Extavour, M ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; ELECTRONICS; INFRARED RADIATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; QUANTUM THEORY; TEMPERATURE; VACUUM;

EID: 1042265115     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.68.245320     Document Type: Article

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