Quantum-well infrared photodetector with voltage-switchable quadratic and linear response

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1-3

  Maier, Thomas ^a,c   Schneider, Harald ^a,b   Liu, H C ^c   Walther, Martin ^a   Koidl, Peter ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SOLID STATE PHYSICS IAF   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF ION BEAM PHYSICS AND MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ELECTRON TUNNELING; EXCITONS; LINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

ASYMMETRIC DETECTOR DESIGN; EJECTION CHANNEL; QUADRATIC POWER DEPENDENCE; QUANTUM WELL INFRARED PHOTODETECTOR;

INFRARED DETECTORS;

EID: 31944447692     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2168248     Document Type: Article

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