A resonant tunneling quantum-dot infrared photodetector

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 974-979

  Su, Xiaohua ^a   Chakrabarti, Subhananda ^a   Bhattacharya, Pallab ^a   Ariyawansa, Gamini ^b   Perera, A G Unil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Infrared detectors; Quantum dots; Responsivity; Specific detectivity

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; PHOTOCURRENTS; RESONANT TUNNELING; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

PEAK RESPONSIVITY; QUANTUM DOT INFRARED PHOTODETECTORS; RESONANT TUNNELING HETEROSTRUCTURE; SPECIFIC DETECTIVITY;

INFRARED DETECTORS;

EID: 22444441970     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2005.848901     Document Type: Article

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