Positive and negative Iuminescence in binary type II InAs/GaSb superlattice photodiodes

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6127, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Hoffman, Darin ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Auger recombination; InAs GaSb; Infrared Detection; Negative Luminescence; Shockley Read Hall recombination; Type II Superlattices

Indexed keywords

AUGER RECOMBINATION; INAS/GASB; INFRARED DETECTION; NEGATIVE LUMINESCENCE; SHOCKLEY-READ-HALL RECOMBINATION; TYPE II SUPERLATTICES;

LUMINESCENCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; QUANTUM THEORY; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SUPERLATTICES;

PHOTODIODES;

EID: 33646733861     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.659118     Document Type: Conference Paper

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