Infrared detectors and lasers operating in the 3-12 um range using band-gap engineered structures with Type II band-gap alignment

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6127, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Swaminathan, Venkataraman ^a   Little, John W ^a   Tober, Richard L ^a  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Infrared detectors; Interband Cascade Infrared lasers; Type II band gap alignment

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; ENERGY GAP; INFRARED DETECTORS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; QUANTUM OPTICS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SEMICONDUCTOR SUPERLATTICES;

INTERBAND CASCADE INFRARED LASERS; RECOMBINATION; SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURES; TYPE II BAND-GAP ALIGNMENT;

SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS;

EID: 33646749107     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.639493     Document Type: Conference Paper

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