Binary superlattice quantum-well infrared photodetectors for long-wavelength broadband detection

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 84, Issue 25, 2004, Pages 5127-5129

  Ellis, A R ^a   Majumdar, Amlan ^a,d   Choi, K K ^b   Reno, J L ^c   Tsui, D C ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d INTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY SUPERLATTICES (BSL); QUANTUM-WELL INFRARED PHOTODETECTORS (QWIP); SPECTRAL COVERAGE; TRANSFER MATRIX METHOD;

BANDWIDTH; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; OSCILLATIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SUPERLATTICES; THERMAL EFFECTS;

INFRARED DETECTORS;

EID: 3142701353     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1764932     Document Type: Article

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