Full-wave electromagnetic modelling of an InP/InGaAs travelling-wave heterojunction phototransistor

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1805-1814

  Tsakmakidis, Kosmas ^a   Weiss, Bernard ^a   Hess, Ortwin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC PLANAR OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; FULL-WAVE ELECTROMAGNETIC MODELING; TRAVELLING-WAVE HETEROJUNCTION PHOTOTRANSISTOR;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTOTRANSISTORS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS;

HETEROJUNCTION BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS;

EID: 33646394351     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/39/9/016     Document Type: Article

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