Quantum dot infrared detectors and sources

International Journal of High Speed Electronics and Systems

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 969-994

  Bhattacharya, P ^a   Stiff Roberts, A D ^a   Krishna, Sanjay ^b   Kennerly, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b University of New Mexico   (United States)

^c U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Infrared detectors; Infrared sources; Intersubband devices; Self organized quantum dots

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; COHERENT LIGHT; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; INFRARED DETECTORS; INFRARED IMAGING; LIGHT MODULATION; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; PHOTONS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM COMPOUNDS; THERMOMETERS;

INFRARED SOURCES; INTERSUBBAND DEVICES; SELF-ORGANIZED QUANTUM DOTS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 1542579725     PISSN: 01291564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0129156402001885     Document Type: Article

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