Ultrafast electronic dynamics in unipolar n-doped InGaAs-GaAs self-assembled quantum dots

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 486-496

  Wu, Zong Kwei ^a   Choi, Hyunyong ^a   Su, Xiaohua ^a   Chakrabarti, Subhananda ^a   Bhattacharya, Pallab ^a   Norris, Theodore B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Electron dynamics; Infrared detectors; Quantum dots (QDs); Unipolar device

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTION BANDS; ELECTRON SCATTERING; ELECTRONIC DENSITY OF STATES; HOLE MOBILITY; INFRARED DETECTORS; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SPECTROSCOPY; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

DIFFERENTIAL TRANSMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRON CAPTURE; ELECTRON RELAXATION; INTERBAND PROBE;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 34249950391     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2007.897864     Document Type: Article

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