Strong quantum-confined Stark effect in germanium quantum-well structures on silicon

Nature

Volumn 437, Issue 7063, 2005, Pages 1334-1336

  Kuo, Yu Hsuan ^a   Lee, Yong Kyu ^a   Ge, Yangsi ^a   Ren, Shen ^a   Roth, Jonathan E ^a   Kamins, Theodore I ^a,b   Miller, David A B ^a   Harris, James S ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b HEWLETT PACKARD LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT MODULATORS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; Q FACTOR MEASUREMENT; SEMICONDUCTING GERMANIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SILICON;

COMPUTER INTERCONNECTIONS; QCSE; QUANTUM-CONFINED STARK EFFECT; QUANTUM-WELL STRUCTURES;

QUANTUM THEORY;

GERMANIUM; SILICON;

PHYSICS;

ARTICLE; DEVICE; ELECTRONICS; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SEMICONDUCTOR;

EID: 27644490697     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04204     Document Type: Article

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