LO phonon scattering as a depopulation mechanism in Si/SiGe quantum cascades

2005 IEEE International Conference on Group IV Photonics

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 7-9

  Townsend, P ^a   Paul, D J ^a   Lynch, S A ^a   Kelsall, R W ^b   Ikonic, Z ^b   Harrison, P ^b   Norris, D J ^c   Cullis, A G ^c   Zhang, J ^d   Li, X ^d   Pidgeon, C R ^e   Murdin, B N ^f   Murzyn, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Depopulation; Laser; Phonon; Quantum cascade; Silicon

Indexed keywords

FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT SCATTERING; PHONONS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SILICON;

DEPOPULATION; INTERSUBBAND ELECTROLUMINESCENCE; QUANTUM CASCADES;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 33746840589     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/GROUP4.2005.1516384     Document Type: Conference Paper

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