Intersubband lifetimes in p-Si/SiGe terahertz quantum cascade heterostructures

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 11, 2005, Pages

  Kelsall, R W ^a   Ikonic, Z ^a   Murzyn, P ^b   Pidgeon, C R ^b   Phillips, P J ^b   Carder, D ^b   Harrison, P ^a   Lynch, S A ^c   Townsen, P ^c   Paul, D J ^c   Liew, S L ^d   Norris, D J ^d   Cullis, A G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOY; GERMANIUM DERIVATIVE; SILICON DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON; ENERGY; INFRARED RADIATION; LASER; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHONON; PHOTON; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; RADIATION ABSORPTION; SPECTROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

EID: 20044372961     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.71.115326     Document Type: Article

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