Photoresponse of (In,Ga)N - GaN multiple-quantum-well structures in the visible and UVA ranges

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-58

  Rivera, Carlos ^a   Pau, José Luis ^a   Navarro, Álvaro ^a   Muñoz, Elías ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

p i n photodiodes; Photodetectors; Quantum wells (QWs); Semiconductor device modeling

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTODIODES; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

MULTIPLE-QUANTUM-WELL STRUCTURES; PHOTORESPONSE;

PHOTODETECTORS;

EID: 31844441013     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2005.859808     Document Type: Article

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