Terahertz quantum well photodetectors

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 374-377

  Liu, H C ^a,b   Luo, Hui ^b   Song, Chun Ying ^b   Wasilewski, Zbig R ^b   SpringThorpe, A J ^b   Cao, J C ^c  

^a IEEE

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF MICROSYSTEM AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Detector; Quantum well (QW); Terahertz (THz)

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOPING (ADDITIVES); OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM; OPERATING TEMPERATURE; SPACE COMMUNICATION;

PHOTODETECTORS;

EID: 41949098210     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2007.910710     Document Type: Article

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