Time evolution of piezoelectric field screening in InGaN quantum wells

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5722, Issue , 2005, Pages 392-399

  Thomson, John D ^a   Brown, Iain H ^a   Smowton, Peter M ^a   Blood, Peter ^a   Chow, Weng W ^b   Fox, A Mark ^c   Izquierdo, Santiago M Olaizola ^c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND-GAP; LASER STRUCTURES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTRA; ROOM TEMPERATURES;

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; METALLORGANIC VAPOR PHASE EPITAXY; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PIEZOELECTRICITY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

EID: 23744502691     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.591898     Document Type: Conference Paper

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